Jón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jon"

Faroese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɔun]

Proper noun

Jón m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Jón: Jónsson
• daughter Jón: Jónsdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Jón
accusative	Jón
dative	Jóni
genitive	Jóns

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Jónn, Jón, contraction of earlier Jóann, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jouːn/
• Rhymes: -ouːn
• Homophone: jón

Proper noun

Jón m (proper noun, genitive singular Jóns)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Jón (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Jón
accusative	Jón
dative	Jóni
genitive	Jóns

Derived terms

• Nonni
• Jonni
• Jónki
• Jónsi
• meðaljón (“average Joe”)
• það er ekki sama Jón og séra Jón

Related terms

• Jóhann
• Jóhannes
• Jens
• Hannes
• Hans

Limburgish

Proper noun

Jón m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

Inflection

Inflection

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
nominative	Jón	Jön	Jönke	Jönkes
genitive	Jóns	Jön	Jönkes	Jönkes
locative	Jónnese	Jónneser	Jönneske	Jönneskes
vocative	Jónne	?	?	?
dative¹	Jónnem	Jónnemer	Jönnemske	Jönnemskes
accusative¹	Jón	Jön	Jönke	Jönkes

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

See also

• Jean
• Jan