Jon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jon"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Jon

1. A male given name from Hebrew, variant of John.
   • 1920 October, John Galsworthy, Awakening, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 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.

2. A diminutive of the male given name Jonathan.
   • 1994, Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man, Viking, published 1995, →ISBN, page 16:

     "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."

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Jon (plural Jons)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jon is the 39486^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 254.

Anagrams

• Jno., ONJ

Basque

Alternative forms

• Ion

Etymology

Coined by Sabino Arana from Latin Iohannes; itslef from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan, literally “Yahweh is gracious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟon/ [ɟõn]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /jon/ [jõn]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /jon/ [jõn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒon/ [d͡ʒõn]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jon/ [jõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: Jon

Proper noun

Jon anim

1. John (Biblical character)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English John

Declension

Declension of Jon (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Jon
ergative	Jonek
dative	Joni
genitive	Jonen
comitative	Jonekin
causative	Jonengatik
benefactive	Jonentzat
instrumental	Jonez
inessive	Jonengan
locative	—
allative	Jonengana
terminative	Jonenganaino
directive	Jonenganantz
destinative	Jonenganako
ablative	Jonengandik
partitive	Jonik
prolative	Jontzat

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːˀn

Proper noun

Jon

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

Marshallese

Etymology

From English John.

Proper noun

Jon

1. (bibilical) John
2. (given name) John

Middle English

Proper noun

Jon

1. Alternative form of John

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• John (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Medieval contraction of Johannes. First recorded in Norway in the 11th century.

Doublet of Jan, Joan, Johan, Jehans, Johanes, Joannes, Johannes, Jens, and Hans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːn/, /junː/

Proper noun

Jon m (definite Jonen)

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Jona, equivalent to English John

Usage notes

Patronymics:

• son of Jon: Jonsson
• daughter of Jon: Jonsdotter

Related terms

• Johnny, Jonny.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [1] 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.

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Jon c (genitive Jons)

1. a male given name, a medieval form of Johannes ( =John)