Given name & surname
Yon
“resembling a lotus blossom”
Yon is used as a given name and a surname. One Korean interpretation is “resembling a lotus blossom.”
Original Korean연
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Korean interpretation is “resembling a lotus blossom.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Korean.
How it developed
In Basque use, Yon is used as a spelling variant of Ion.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Basque use, Yon has an alternative spelling in Ion. The history of Ion gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Ion is associated with the son of Apollo. In Basque use, Yon shares an earlier linguistic root with John. The history of John gives this family its wider story. John the Baptist is associated with baptism in the River Jordan, while John the Apostle is the fisherman and brother of James. Later saints, popes and rulers extended the name’s reach. Christian tradition also identifies the apostle with John the Evangelist, although that identification is debated.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Yon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 87
- 87 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 11 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 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,540 as a first name in 2020; 2,763 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.
Yon’s family of names
Yon shares a linguistic root with John. Yon has an alternative spelling in Ion. Yon has a related form in Yoan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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