What is Jon short for?
Jon is short for John and Jonathan. In 2025, 246 boys in the United States were given Jon as their full name, with nothing longer behind it, according to Social Security records.
The names behind Jon
Each count is the number of children given that name in the United States in 2025, from US Social Security records. A name given to fewer than five children in a year is left out of the published file.
John Hebrew origin
Jon from John: the direct one-syllable short form.
6 girls and 8,027 boys named John in 2025
Jonathan Hebrew origin
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Jon from Jonathan: the natural short form.
5 girls and 3,822 boys named Jonathan in 2025