Also known as Jón (given name), Jón (first name)
Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes. According to Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are referred to with both first name and patronym disambiguation is required.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- male given name
- Said to be same as
- Jean
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- writing system
- Latin script
- Caverphone
- N11111
- language of work or name
- Icelandic
- native label
- Jón
- Commons category
- Jón (given name)
- different from
- Jon
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- People with the name ''Jón''
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Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes. According to Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are referred to with both first name and patronym disambiguation is required.
Jón is derived from the name Johannes (English John) with the original meaning being God (Yahweh) is gracious. The name is one of the most frequently given names in Iceland. In 2002, it was ranked first before Sigurður and Guðmundur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jón” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.