As an alternative of Jonathan, the name Jonathon also means ‘Yahweh has given’. It is derived from the Hebrew name Yehonatan. The name Jonathan became common in England during the 16th century.
Jonathon is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Jonathon isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Jonathon ranks 905. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 1 were named Jonathon. In the entire USA, approximately 62,275 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Jonathon. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
Everyone knows him, everyone loves him and still he’s different from the mainstream: Jonathon occurs in every single state of the U.S. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, only 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Jonathon is definitely something very special. However, at the same time, since the name does not appear in the top 100 most common first names in any single state, Jonathon is not one of those names that everyone encounters in his neighbourhood, but stands out from the crowd, captures attention and is something special without being strange or unknown. From Alaska to Florida, a total of 62,260 men and boys of all generations bear the name Jonathon – that is one in 2,681. However, there are considerable regional differences – the name is far more popular than average in Indiana, where one in 400 men and boys is called Jonathon, while it is particularly rare in Delaware, where you have to ask an average of 19,829 men for their name to get Jonathon as an answer once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter J is the most popular first letter for boys’ names. 10.1% of all common boys’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in boys’ names is A.
With eight letters, the name Jonathon is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 10.1% of all boys’ names start with a J, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the boys’ names that begin with the letter J, the name James is the most common.
If your name is Jonathon and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Jonathon, you can simply say:
Joker
Orange
Nut
Apple
Tiger
Hat
Orange
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Jonathon
Jonathon
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
J
O
N
A
T
H
O
N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
J
O
N
A
T
H
O
N
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Jonathon sounds like this:
