Jhon

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Jhoen in CR Costa Rica.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 21 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◐

Jhon is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name31K records spelled Jhon9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, Peru, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Jhon, Ĵ̴̼͉̆͐H͍̞̗̐̿̈̚O̺̩̟ͦ͂ͦ̚n̥͇͖͇ͨͧͤ̄̊, Jĥoñ, Jhón, Jhõñ

• French given name9.4K records spelled Jhon7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, Peru, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Jhón, Jhôň, Jhöñ, Jhôn, Jhön

• Lao given name9.0K records spelled Jhon14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Peru, Philippines

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Jhön, Jhón, J'Hon, Jhõn, Jhôń

• Bangla given name2.0K records spelled Jhon4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Bangladesh, India, Philippines

  Also written Jhôn

• a separate given name1.5K records spelled Jhon10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Also written J̶h̶o̶n̶, Jhöñ, Jhòñ, J̶̳̳h̶̳̳o̶̳̳n̶̳̳, ̧̭̻̘͉̖̞j̣̖͙͔̻̭͕̓̆̈̃̃͊h̻͙͙̄̂ͨ̌͐͋ȍ͓̮̣̬̆̿͜ͅn̯͂ͬ

47 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●

Jhon is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In enm, alternative form of John

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 124 years between 1882–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jhon Jairo Velásquezb. 1962COColombian contract killer under Pablo Escobar (1962-2020)
• Jhon Viáfarab. 1978COColombian footballer
• Jhon Culmab. 1981COColombian footballer
• Jhon Kennedy Hurtadob. 1984COColombian footballer
• Jhon Chancellorb. 1992VEVenezuelan association football player
• Jhon Pírezb. 1993UYUruguayan footballer
• Jhon Ariasb. 1997COColombian footballer
• Jhon Espinozab. 1999ECEcuadorian footballer
• Jhon Duránb. 2003COColombian footballer
• Jhon Solísb. 2004COColombian association football player (born 2004)

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 · 564 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jhon?

We estimate roughly 79 thousand people bear Jhon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Jhon have the most bearers?

Jhon is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled jhon.

How common is Jhon compared with other names?

In Peru, Jhon is the 53rd most common given name of 221,790 given names recorded there.

Is Jhon a male or female name?

Jhon 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.