Meaning of the nameJones

Jones is a male name taken from the English and Welsh surname Jones, a patronymic derived from John, the English form of Hebrew Yoḥanan, 'Yahweh is gracious'.

Meaning

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

Source: Behind the Name: John

People (2022): 13,213
Rank in Brazil: #1,400
Median age: 37 years
2010 Census: 14,966; people

Jones in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jones, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (4,727 people).

106 women 13,107 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 Jones is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	2,320	0.021%
São Paulo	2,064	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	904	0.006%
Bahia	821	0.006%
Minas Gerais	802	0.004%
Pará	753	0.009%
Santa Catarina	745	0.010%
Amazonas	650	0.017%
Paraná	560	0.005%
Espírito Santo	466	0.012%
Ceará	440	0.005%
Pernambuco	384	0.004%
Goiás	348	0.005%
Mato Grosso	339	0.009%
Maranhão	300	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	171	0.006%
Rondônia	166	0.011%
Distrito Federal	160	0.006%
Paraíba	148	0.004%
Piauí	108	0.003%
Sergipe	105	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	100	0.003%
Alagoas	99	0.003%
Tocantins	87	0.006%
Acre	70	0.008%
Roraima	53	0.008%
Amapá	50	0.007%

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

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.

It keeps the spelling of the English surname and is the most common in the group.

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 Jones

What does the name Jones mean?

Jones means “from the English and Welsh surname derived from John, 'Yahweh is gracious'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Jones in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,213 people with the first name Jones, which ranks it number 1,400 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Jones is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 106 women and 13,107 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jones?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jones most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.021% of the state's population is named Jones (2,320 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jones?

Jhones. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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