Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Chon isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 266
- 266 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 724 as a first name in 2020; 3,315 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chon’s family of names
Chon has a conventional equivalent in the French form François. In Greek usage, Chon as a surname is a transliteration of Χον. In Japanese usage, Chon as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of チョン.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Chon has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Chon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Charlton
“from the free man's town”
>99% boys
Shelton
“from the farm on the ledge”
>99% boys
Chad
“one who is warlike”
>99% boys
Jasson
>99% boys
Vinson
“the son of Vincent”
>99% boys
Chadwick
“from Chad's dairy farm”
>99% boys
Bryon
Bryon is a masculine given name from Irish.
>99% boys
Clifton
“cliff”
>99% boys