Given name & surname
Quon
“a luminous man”
Quon is used as a given name and a surname. One Chinese interpretation is “a luminous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Chinese interpretation is “a luminous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Chinese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Quon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 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 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 124 as a first name in 2020; 1,274 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.
Quon’s family of names
Quon has a related form in Quone. Quon has a related form in Quonn. Quon has a related form in Quonne.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Quanvariant · English
- Kwanvariant · English
- Kuanvariant · English
- Kwonvariant · English
- Qwanvariant · English
- Quonnevariant
- Quonevariant
- Quonnvariant
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