Jon

Appendix:Variations of "jon" English Etymology 1 Proper noun en male Hebrew John. 6 In that Summer of 1909 the simple souls who even then desired to simplify the English tongue, had, of course, no cognizance of little Jon, or they would have claimed him for a disciple. But one can be too simple in this life, for his real name was Jolyon, and his living father and dead half-brother had usurped of old the other shortenings, Jo and Jolly. As a fact little Jon had done his best to conform to convention and spell himself first Jhon, then John; not till his father had explained the sheer necessity, had he spelled his name Jon. en male Jonathan. en 1994 w:Robertson Davies The Cunning Man 16 Viking 1995 0670859117 "I suppose I ought to call you Uncle Jack now." "Please don't. My name is Jonathan, and I've never had a nickname. Doesn't go with my character. So, Uncle Jon - if you must." en Tom Kludt New York Times editor quits Twitter over anti-Semitic tweets w:CNN Business https://money.cnn.com/2016/06/08/media/new-york-times-jon-weisman-twitter/ 2016-06-08 Inundated with anti-Semitic tweets and frustrated by Twitter's initial response, New York Times editor Jon Weisman is packing up and leaving the social media platform. https://web.archive.org/web/20250126084233/https://money.cnn.com/2016/06/08/media/new-york-times-jon-weisman-twitter/ Derived terms en Jonerys Jonsa Etymology 2 en Proper noun s en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Jon is the 39486th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 557 individuals. Jon is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (42.91%), White (32.5%), Hispanic/Latino (11.49%) and Black/African American (10.23%) individuals. Further reading Anagrams en jno Jno. ONJ Albanian Proper noun m sq male Illyrian Declension Derived terms sq Joniar Jontar References 38 Jon, -i Basque Alternative forms eu Ion proscribed Etymology eu Sabino Arana from eu la Iohannes.eu grc hbo Pronunciation Yon + Proper noun an John Biblical character eu male John Declension an.pr References eu Biblical characters Danish Pronunciation da oːˀn 1 Proper noun da proper noun da male John Marshallese Etymology From mh en John. Proper noun proper noun mh biblical character given name John mh Christianity Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm John Norwegian Bokmål Jon no Alternative forms nb John, nb Jonn male given-name variants Pronunciation nb /juːn/ nb /junː/ /jɔnː/ regional nb uːn unː ɔnː 1 nb Jon Etymology 1 nb non Jón male given name, a contraction of earlier non Jóann, from nb la Iōhannēs, from nb grc Ἰωάννης Iōánnēs, from nb hbo יוֹחָנָן Yōḥānān Yahweh is gracious. nb Jan Johan Johannes Jens Hans. Compare nn Jon, da Jon, sv Jon, is Jón and fo Jón male given name. Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Hebrew John Usage notes The Norwegian name day for nb Jon is 24 June; nb Hans and nb Johannes share the same name day. nb Jon was already very common in Norway during the Middle Ages. It reached its highest level of use during the period 1965–1969. During the 19th century, the name was particularly common in Trøndelag. Derived terms nb Jona<t:female form> Jonna<t:female form> Jonny<t:pet form> Jonsdatter<t:patronymic surname> Jonsen<t:patronymic surname> Jonson<t:patronymic surname> Jonssen<t:patronymic surname> Jonsson<t:patronymic surname> 0 Etymology 2 The surname has several possible origins. It may be Korean, a variant transcription of ko 전 Jeon; English, as a variant of en John; or Czech, also written cs Jón, from a short form of cs Jonáš. Proper noun nb proper noun nb of Korean, English, or Czech origin Usage notes The pronunciation of the surname varies according to its linguistic origin and the individual family's established pronunciation. Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 14,743 men in Norway had nb Jon as their sole or first given name as of 1 January 2026.“Jon” at Babyverden, citing Statistics Norway. In 2025, 47 boys in Norway were given nb Jon as their first given name. The surname nb Jon was borne by 15 people in Norway as of 31 December 2025.“Beskyttede etternavn ved utgangen av 2025”, Statistics Norway. References “Jon – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon. “Jon m” at Nordic Names. “Jon Surname Meaning”, citing Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition (2022). Norwegian Nynorsk Alternative forms nn John alternative spelling Etymology Medieval contraction of nn Johannes. First recorded in Norway in the 11th century. nn Jan Joan Johan Jehans Johanes Joannes Johannes Jens Hans Pronunciation nn /juːn/ /junː/ Proper noun m nn male John Jona Usage notes Jons Related terms nn Johnny, nn Jonny. References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7 Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 16 263 males with the given name Jon (compared to 20 361 named John)living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011. Polish Jonowie pl Etymology pl :der grc:Ἴων + 1 Pronunciation jon Noun m-pr pl historical Ionian native or inhabitant of Ionia Declension Jonowie Related terms pl adjectives joński pl proper noun Jonia Further reading 112762 Jonowie Swedish Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Jon.wav Proper noun c sv male, a medieval form of Johannes ( =John) sv biblical booksv Jona (biblical book): Jon.