Jon

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Jon^¹

proper noun

A male given name from Hebrew, variant of John. In that Summer of 1909 the simple souls who even then desired to simplify the English tongue, had, of course, no cognizance of little Jon, or they would have claimed him for a disciple. But one can be too simple in this life, for his real name was Jolyon, and his living father and dead half-brother
A diminutive of the male given name Jonathan. "I suppose I ought to call you Uncle Jack now." "Please don't. My name is Jonathan, and I've never had a nickname. Doesn't go with my character. So, Uncle Jon - if you must."

Jon^²

proper noun Jons

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: juan, igor, yun, yoon, chiao, qiao, jong, john, yon, jun, lari, wi, luc, washroom, lavatory, restroom

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@misc{jon_2026,
  title = {Jon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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