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Meaning of the nameJhon

Jhon is a spelling of the name John, which means “Yahweh is gracious”.

Meaning

“Yahweh is gracious”

Meaning of the name John, of which Jhon is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: John

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People (2022)
29,431
Rank in Brazil
#835
Median age
20 years
2010 Census
19,372
people

Jhon in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jhon, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (9,278 people).

205 women 29,226 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jhon is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jhon in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Roraima 0.070%
  2. Amapá 0.066%
  3. Amazonas 0.051%
  4. Acre 0.050%
  5. Pará 0.043%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará3,4890.043%
São Paulo2,8470.006%
Minas Gerais2,4180.012%
Maranhão2,1540.032%
Amazonas2,0200.051%
Bahia1,9460.014%
Paraná1,6640.015%
Goiás1,3330.019%
Ceará1,2390.014%
Rio de Janeiro1,1370.007%
Pernambuco9350.010%
Espírito Santo8450.022%
Santa Catarina8300.011%
Mato Grosso6970.019%
Sergipe6840.031%
Paraíba6670.017%
Alagoas5250.017%
Rio Grande do Sul4990.005%
Amapá4830.066%
Roraima4440.070%
Acre4140.050%
Mato Grosso do Sul4130.015%
Rondônia4090.026%
Piauí3680.011%
Distrito Federal3390.012%
Tocantins3350.022%
Rio Grande do Norte2970.009%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Jhon

It is the most recorded spelling in the group; Wiktionary describes it as an alteration of John, popular in Brazil, and compares the Spanish form Jhon.

About the name John

Wiktionary records John in Portuguese as an unadapted borrowing from English, a variant of João, and describes Jhon as an altered spelling of John, popular in Brazil. Behind the Name gives John as the English form of Latin Iohannes and Greek Ioannes, from Hebrew Yoḥanan, which combines yo, a reference to the Hebrew God, with ḥanan, 'to be gracious'; in the New Testament, it is the name of John the Baptist and of the apostle John. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 26,327 people named John, with a median age of 26. The same site lists Jon among the English variants of John and Jhon as a Latin American Spanish form.

Other spellings of John

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jhon29,431
John26,327
Jon1,746

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: John · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: John · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Jhon · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jhon · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  5. Behind the Name: Jon · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Jhon

What does the name Jhon mean?

Jhon means “Yahweh is gracious”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name John, of which Jhon is a spelling.

How many people are named Jhon in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 29,431 people with the first name Jhon, which ranks it number 835 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Jhon a boy's or a girl's name?

Jhon is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 205 women and 29,226 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jhon?

Jhon is a name of English and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jhon most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.070% of the state's population is named Jhon (444 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jhon?

John and Jon. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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