Given name
Jonathon
“God has given”·“a gift of God”
In English use, Jonathon has a related form in Jonathan. Interpretations include “God has given” and “a gift of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jonathon has a related form in Jonathan. Interpretations include “God has given” and “a gift of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Jonathon has a related form in Jonathan. An origin associated with Jonathan is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jonathon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65,836
- 65,612 boys · 224 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 2,680 babies
- 2025
- 119
- #1,488 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 119 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,488 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 33.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,668 in 1990. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 52,576 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jonathon’s family of names
In English usage, Jonathon has a related form in Jonathan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jonathon
- Jon FlanaganEnglish association football playerborn 1993
- Jonathon SimmonsAmerican basketball player (born 1989)
- EdenIrish musicianborn 1993
- Jonathon BlumAmerican ice hockey playerborn 1989
- Jonathon LillisAmerican freestyle skierborn 1994
- Jonathon YoungCanadian actorborn 1974
- Jonathon CooperAmerican football playerborn 1998
- Jonathon PowerCanadian squash playerborn 1974
- Jonathon BandRoyal Navy admiralborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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