# Jon
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Jon
* A male given name from Hebrew, variant of John.
** 1920 October, John Galsworthy, Awakening, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 6:In that Summer of 1909 the simple souls who even then desired to simplify the English tongue, had, of course, no cognizance of little Jon, or they would have claimed him for a disciple. But one can be too simple in this life, for his real name was Jolyon, and his living father and dead half-brother had usurped of old the other shortenings, Jo and Jolly. As a fact little Jon had done his best to conform to convention and spell himself first Jhon, then John; not till his father had explained the sheer necessity, had he spelled his name Jon.
* A diminutive of the male given name Jonathan.
** 1994, Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man, Viking, published 1995, →ISBN, page 16:"I suppose I ought to call you Uncle Jack now." "Please don't. My name is Jonathan, and I've never had a nickname. Doesn't go with my character. So, Uncle Jon - if you must."

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

Jon (plural Jons)
* A surname.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Jon is the 39486th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 557 individuals. Jon is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (42.91%), White (32.5%), Hispanic/Latino (11.49%) and Black/African American (10.23%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 254.

### Anagrams

* Jno., ONJ

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Jon m
* a male given name from Illyrian

#### Derived terms

* Joniar
* Jontar

### References

* Kostallari, Androkli et al., editors (1982), “Jon, -i”, in Fjalor me emra njerëzish (in Albanian), Tirana: 8 Nëntori, page 38

## Basque
### Alternative forms

* Ion (proscribed)

### Etymology

Coined by Sabino Arana from Latin Iohannes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟon/ [ɟõn]
* IPA: (Southern) /jon/ [jõn]
* IPA: (Gipuzkoan) /jon/ [jõn]
* IPA: (Biscayan) /d͡ʒon/ [d͡ʒõn]
* IPA: (Navarrese) /jon/ [jõn]
* Rhymes: -on
* Hyphenation: Jon

### Proper noun

Jon anim
* John (Biblical character)
* a male given name, equivalent to English John

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ “Jon”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -oːˀn

### Proper noun

Jon
* a male given name, equivalent to English John

## Marshallese
### Etymology

From English John.

### Proper noun

Jon
* (bibilical) John
* (given name) John

## Middle English
### Proper noun

Jon
* Alternative form of John

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* John (alternative spelling)

### Etymology

Medieval contraction of Johannes. First recorded in Norway in the 11th century.
Doublet of Jan, Joan, Johan, Jehans, Johanes, Joannes, Johannes, Jens, and Hans

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /juːn/, /junː/

### Proper noun

Jon m (definite Jonen)
* a male given name, feminine equivalent Jona, equivalent to English John

#### Usage notes

Patronymics:
* son of Jon: Jonsson
* daughter of Jon: Jonsdotter

#### Related terms

* Johnny, Jonny.

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 16 263 males with the given name Jon (compared to 20 361 named John)living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Jon c (genitive Jons)
* a male given name, a medieval form of Johannes ( =John)