Meaning of the nameJhones

Jhones is a spelling of the name Jones, which means “from the English and Welsh surname derived from John, 'Yahweh is gracious'”.

Meaning

“from the English and Welsh surname derived from John, 'Yahweh is gracious'”

Meaning of the name Jones, of which Jhones is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: John

People (2022): 3,558
Rank in Brazil: #3,471
Median age: 28 years
2010 Census: 3,482; people

Jhones in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jhones, 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 (1,573 people).

0 women 3,540 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 Jhones is most common

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

Amazonas 0.007%
Pará 0.005%
Maranhão 0.005%
Espírito Santo 0.004%
Mato Grosso 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	449	0.001%
Pará	394	0.005%
Bahia	352	0.003%
Maranhão	321	0.005%
Amazonas	276	0.007%
Minas Gerais	257	0.001%
Goiás	156	0.002%
Espírito Santo	154	0.004%
Ceará	143	0.002%
Paraná	126	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	123	0.001%
Pernambuco	102	0.001%
Mato Grosso	100	0.003%
Piauí	96	0.003%
Rondônia	72	0.005%
Santa Catarina	57	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	52	0.002%
Sergipe	48	0.002%
Tocantins	41	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	40	0.000%
Acre	39	0.005%
Distrito Federal	36	0.001%
Alagoas	35	0.001%
Roraima	34	0.005%
Amapá	23	0.003%
Paraíba	20	0.001%

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

The spelling Jhones

It adds an H after the J; it peaked among people born in the 1990s and, proportionally, is most common in Amazonas.

About the name Jones

Wiktionary describes Jones as an English and Welsh surname that arose as a patronymic of the name John, in genitive form, and Behind the Name gives the first name Jones as coming from this surname. John, according to Behind the Name, is the English form of Latin Iohannes, of Greek Ioannes and of Hebrew Yoḥanan, 'Yahweh is gracious'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Jhones, Johnes, Jonnes and Jonez, among others, as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,213 people named Jones, with a median age of 37. The name is almost always male, peaked among people born in the 1980s and, proportionally, is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Other spellings of Jones

Spelling	People (2022)
Jones	13,213
Jhones	3,558

Sources

Wiktionary: Jones · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Jones · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: John · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jones · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Jhones

What does the name Jhones mean?

Jhones means “from the English and Welsh surname derived from John, 'Yahweh is gracious'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Jones, of which Jhones is a spelling.

How many people are named Jhones in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,558 people with the first name Jhones, which ranks it number 3,471 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jhones is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,540 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Jhones?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jhones most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.007% of the state's population is named Jhones (276 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jhones?

Jones. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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