Jon
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, a medieval form of Johannes ( =John).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jon (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jon has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 15 |
| 1999 | 13 |
| 2000 | 16 |
| 2001 | 25 |
| 2002 | 22 |
| 2003 | 18 |
| 2004 | 18 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| 2006 | 19 |
| 2007 | 18 |
| 2008 | 20 |
| 2009 | 19 |
| 2010 | 21 |
| 2011 | 21 |
| 2012 | 24 |
| 2013 | 32 |
| 2014 | 27 |
| 2015 | 20 |
| 2016 | 15 |
| 2017 | 35 |
| 2018 | 17 |
| 2019 | 32 |
| 2020 | 25 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 25 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,424 |
| 2000 | 3,391 |
| 2001 | 3,371 |
| 2002 | 3,343 |
| 2003 | 3,316 |
| 2004 | 3,279 |
| 2005 | 3,250 |
| 2006 | 3,226 |
| 2007 | 3,232 |
| 2008 | 3,230 |
| 2009 | 3,230 |
| 2010 | 3,241 |
| 2011 | 3,252 |
| 2012 | 3,258 |
| 2013 | 3,285 |
| 2014 | 3,297 |
| 2015 | 3,297 |
| 2016 | 3,302 |
| 2017 | 3,330 |
| 2018 | 3,343 |
| 2019 | 3,368 |
| 2020 | 3,381 |
Jon in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jon.Hi! My name is Jon.
- Har du träffat Jon? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Jon? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Jon i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Jon this afternoon.
- Jons mamma är lärare.Jon's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jons mamma is Jon's mum.
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Questions about Jon
How do you pronounce Jon in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jon from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jon mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, a medieval form of Johannes ( =John).
How popular is Jon in Sweden?
25 babies were named Jon in 2022. In 2020, 3,381 people in Sweden had Jon as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2017 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.