Jon is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “Yahweh is gracious.” In 2024 it was given to 265 boys in the United States.
Jon belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “Yahweh is gracious” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jon first appears in Social Security records in 1898. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #65 in 1968, and in 2024 265 babies received the name — 167,895 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jon means “Yahweh is gracious” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jon is a boy name. In 2024, 265 babies received the name in the US.
Jon comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Jon first appears in US records in 1898. Its best-ever ranking was #65 in 1968, and 265 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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