Given name · also Old Norse
Jón
“God is gracious”
Jón is a variant of Jan. In Slavic use, Jan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jón is a variant of Jan. In Slavic use, Jan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jón comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Faroese usage, Jón developed from Ἰωάννης.
Jón’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Jón has an affectionate form in Jonni. In Faroese usage, Jón shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Jon. In Icelandic usage, Jón has a conventional equivalent in the English form John.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jón has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
11 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 62
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- JohnEnglish
- Ianequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- Gianniequivalent
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- Johnnyequivalent
- Seanequivalent
- Johanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- JeanFrench
- Gianequivalent
- Joncognate · Norwegian Bokmål
- HansGerman
- Joaoequivalent
- Giannisequivalent
- JohannGerman
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Yanniequivalent
- Yiannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yvanequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Giovanequivalent
- Jehanequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Hannesequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Янкаequivalent
- Johannèsequivalent
- Iwoequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jankaequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- Ivánequivalent
- Yankaequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Jóhanequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Erwannequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Ioannequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
And 2 more.
People named Jón
- Jón Daði BöðvarssonIcelandic footballerborn 1992
- JónsiIcelandic musicianborn 1975
- Jón Sigurðssonleader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement (1811-1879)
- Jón Jósep SnæbjörnssonIcelandic singerborn 1977
- Jón GnarrIcelandic actor, comedian, and politicianborn 1967
- Jón MagnússonIcelandic politician (1859-1926)
- Jón ArasonRoman Catholic bishop1484–1550
- Jón ÞorlákssonPrime Minister of Iceland (1877-1935)
- Jón Kalman StefánssonIcelandic writerborn 1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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