Jonathon

Where Jonathon comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jonathon.

  • Hebrew
Jonathon through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Jonathon Simmons born
    American basketball player
  3. 1989
    Jonathon Blum born
    American ice hockey player
  4. 1990
    Peak, #124
    2,668 babies named Jonathon, the most in any year.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #252.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Jonathan.
Namesakes
  • Jonathon Simmons · American basketball player, born 1989
  • Jonathon Blum · American ice hockey player, born 1989
  • Jonathon Lillis · American freestyle skier, born 1994
  • Jonathon Young · Canadian actor, born 1974
  • Jonathon Band · Royal Navy admiral, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.