Given name & surname · also Danish

Jonsen

Jonsen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jonsen comes from Danish, and ultimately from Norwegian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Jonsen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Jon.

Jonsen’s family of names

In English usage, Jonsen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Jon. In Norwegian usage, Jonsen as a surname has a related form in JOHNSEN.

Walk Jonsen’s family in the name graph

JonsenJohnsenJonЙонсен

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Danish

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Norwegian

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Danish

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Danish

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Danish

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Swedish

Jorgenson

Jorgenson is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Swedish.

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Danish

Jörn

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No U.S. birth series

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Danish

Joorsi

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No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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