Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jowan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 157
- 157 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 14 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 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 244 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.
Jowan’s family of names
In Cornish usage, Jowan has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean. In German usage, Jowan has a related form in Johannes. In Cornish usage, Jowan has a conventional equivalent in the German form Johannes.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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