Jeton

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Јетон in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jeton is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.9K records spelled Jeton4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Australia

  Also written Jetón

• Spanish given name647 records spelled Jeton4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Jetón, Jêtöń

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Jeton is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, a game chip or token, a counter

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Esperanto, accusative singular of jeto

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Danish, game piece, game token

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A counter or token.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, chip, token, jeton

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 78 years between 1944–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jeton Anjainb. 1933MHMarshallese politician (1933–1993)
• Jeton Budimab. 1968XKKosovar film director and film critic
• Jeton Nezirajb. 1977XKKosovar playwright and screen writer, theatre manager and non-fiction writer
• Jeton Kelmendib. 1978XKKosovar writer
• Jeton Shaqirib. 1987MKPolitician in North Macedonia
• Jeton Mazrekuactor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 270 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jeton?

We estimate roughly 2.4 thousand people bear Jeton (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Jeton have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.3 thousand people bear Jeton in North Macedonia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled јетон.

How common is Jeton compared with other names?

In North Macedonia, Jeton is the 277th most common given name of 4,548 given names recorded there.

Is Jeton a male or female name?

Jeton is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Jeton mean?

Recorded meaning: chip, token