Jawon

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jawon by the numbers

Jawon was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 62 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jawon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jawon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jawanyoung man or soldier10 in the US (2017)
  • Jaminright hand; favoured; a form of Benjamin41 in the US (2017)
  • Jahanthe world; universe32 in the US (2017)
  • Jalyn58 in the US (2017)
  • Jaren42 in the US (2017)
  • Jovon35 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jawon

Names that are said the same way as Jawon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jahaanworld or universe5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jayon28 in the US (2017)
  • Jayan16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jaion14 in the US (2017)
  • Jahon12 in the US (2017)
  • Jawaun8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jawon

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