Given name & surname
Jonson
“the son of John”
Jonson is a variant of Johnson. One English interpretation is “the son of John.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jonson is a variant of Johnson. One English interpretation is “the son of John.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jonson is a variant of Johnson. An origin associated with Johnson is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Jonson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to John.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jonson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 6 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 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 153 as a first name in 2020; 1,910 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.
Jonson’s family of names
In English usage, Jonson as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to John. Jonson has a related form in Johnson.
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.
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