Jón
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Jón is an Old Norse
common name still widely used in Iceland
and the Faroes
.
According to Icelandic custom
, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required.
Jón is derived from the name Johannes
(English John
) with the original meaning being God (Jahwe) is gracious. The name is one of the most frequently given name in Iceland. In 2002, it was ranked first before Sigurður and Guðmundur.
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
common name still widely used in Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
and the Faroes
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
.
According to Icelandic custom
Icelandic name
Icelandic names differ from most current Western family name systems by being patronymic in that they reflect the immediate father of the child and not the historic family lineage....
, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required.
Jón is derived from the name Johannes
Johannes
Johannes is the Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek name Ιωάννης , itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan meaning "Yahweh is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany...
(English John
John (given name)
John is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes, Iohannes, which is in turn a form of the Greek , Iōánnēs. This Greek name is a form of the Hebrew name , , which means "God is generous"...
) with the original meaning being God (Jahwe) is gracious. The name is one of the most frequently given name in Iceland. In 2002, it was ranked first before Sigurður and Guðmundur.
Others
- Jón Hnefill AðalsteinssonJón Hnefill AðalsteinssonJón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson was an Icelandic scholar and folklorist. He was a prolific author and is well known for his works on Old Norse religion....
, Icelandic scholar and folklorist - Jón Bjarni Atlason, Icelandic specialist in German studies
- Jón ArasonJón ArasonJón Arason was an Icelandic Roman Catholic bishop and poet, who was executed in his struggle against the imposition of the Protestant Reform in Iceland.-Background:...
, Icelandic bishop - Jón Árnason (bishop), Icelandic bishop
- Jón Árnason (author)Jón Árnason (author)Jón Árnason was an Icelandic writer, librarian, and museum director who made the first collection of Icelandic folktales.-Career:Jón Árnason was educated at the Latin School in Bessastaðir....
, Icelandic author - Jón Loftur Árnason, Icelandic chess player
- Jón Þór BirgissonJón Þór BirgissonJón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson is the guitarist and vocalist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He is known for his use of a cello bow on guitar and his falsetto voice. He is also blind in his right eye and is openly gay. His boyfriend Alex Somers has done much of the graphic design for...
, Icelandic musician (Sigur RósSigur RósSigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with classicaland minimalist elements. The band is known for its ethereal sound, and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals and use of bowed guitar. In January 2010, the band announced that they will be on hiatus. Since then, it has since been announced...
) - Jón Ólafur Eiríksson, Icelandic football player
- Jón Gerreksson, Danish-Icelandic bishop
- Jón GnarrJón GnarrJón Gnarr Kristinsson is an Icelandic actor, comedian, politician and the mayor of Reykjavík, since 15 June 2010. He goes by Jón Gnarr, being an Icelander does not have a family name. He was originally named Jón Gunnar Kristinsson but legally changed his middle name in 2005, to the way his mother...
, Icelandic comedian - Jón Baldvin HannibalssonJón Baldvin HannibalssonJón Baldvin Hannibalsson is an Icelandic politician.-Education:The son of Hannibal Valdimarsson, Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson earned an MA in Economics from University of Edinburgh in 1963. He studied at Stockholm University from 1963–1964, and studied teacher education at the University of Iceland in...
, Icelandic politician - Jón HelgasonJón HelgasonJón Helgason was an Icelandic philologist and poet. He was head of the Danish Árni Magnússon Institute from 1927 to 1971 and professor of Icelandic studies at the University of Copenhagen from 1929 to 1970. He made significant contributions to his field. As a poet he was not prolific but noted for...
, Icelandic philologist - Jón korpur HrafnssonJón korpur HrafnssonJón korpur Hrafnsson son of Þuríður Sturludóttir and Hrafn Oddsson...
, son of Þuríður Sturludóttir - Jón Hreggviðsson, character in Iceland's Bell by Halldór Laxness
- Jón KristjánssonJón KristjánssonJón Kristjánsson was an Icelandic cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he finished 45th in the 18 km event and 30th in the 50 km event.-External links:**...
, Icelandic cross country skier - Jón Rói JacobsenJón Rói JacobsenJón Rói Jacobsen is a Faroese football defender currently playing for BK Frem.-Club career:Jacobsen started his career as a striker for HB Torshavn, scoring 12 goals in the 2002 league season to end up 3rd in that seasons' goalscorers chart...
, Faroese football defender - Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson, CEO of Baugur Group
- Jón Laxdal, Icelandic actor and director
- Jón LeifsJón LeifsJón Leifs , was an Icelandic composer.Jón was born in Sólheimar. He left Iceland in 1916 to study in Germany at the Leipzig Conservatory. He graduated in 1921 having studied piano, and then devoted his time to conducting and composing. He became successful as a conductor, and also as a writer.He...
, Icelandic composer - Jón LoftssonJón LoftssonJón Loftsson was chieftain at Oddi in the county of Rangá in the south part of Iceland, and of the Oddaverjar family clan. He was one of the most popular chieftains and politician of his age in the country. He participated in the so-called Staðarmál, in 1179, against the Roman-Catholic Church and...
, Icelandic chieftain at Oddi - Jón Magnússon (politician)Jón Magnússon (politician)Jón Magnússon was an Icelandic politician, and was Prime Minister of Iceland on two occasions. He served his first term, as a member of the Home Rule Party , from 4 January 1917 to 7 March 1922...
, Icelandic politician - Jón Arnar MagnússonJón Arnar MagnússonJón Arnar Magnússon is a former decathlete from Iceland. He has won silver and bronze medals at world indoor championships, all in heptathlon, as decathlon is unsuitable for indoor contests...
, Icelandic decathlete - Jón Ólafsson (journalist)Jón Ólafsson (journalist)Jón Ólafsson was an Icelandic editor, journalist, and poet.He was the half-brother of Páll Ólafsson. He became a journalist in Iceland in 1868, but due to disobedience to the authorities, he had to emigrate to North America in 1872...
, Icelandic editor, journalist, and poet - Jón ÖgmundssonJón ÖgmundssonJón Ögmundsson , also known as John of Holar and Jon Helgi Ogmundarson, was an Icelandic bishop and local Icelandic saint. In 1106 he founded the episcopal see at Hólar in the north of Iceland and served as bishop there until his death.A religious purist, Jón made it his mission to uproot all...
, Icelandic bishop - Jón Kalman StefánssonJón Kalman StefánssonJón Kalman Stefánsson is an Icelandic author.-Biography:Jón Kalman was born in Reykjavík. He grew up there and in Keflavík. From 1975 to 1982, he lived in western Iceland, where he worked in different jobs after having finished high school.From 1986 to 1991, he studied literature at the...
, Icelandic author - Jón Páll SigmarssonJón Páll SigmarssonJón Páll Sigmarsson was a strongman, a powerlifter , and a bodybuilder from Iceland who won the World's Strongest Man Competition four times . In 1984 Jón won the Icelandic bodybuilding title in the +90 kg. class...
, Icelandic weightlifter and powerlifter - Jón SigurðssonJón SigurðssonJón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...
, Icelandic politician - Jón Trausti SigurðarsonJón Trausti SigurðarsonJón Trausti Sigurðarson is an Icelandic marketing director, best known for founding the Reykjavík-based, English language Reykjavik Grapevine with Hilmar Grétarsson and Valur Gunnarsson. The newspaper, which Sigurðarson helped to establish, now has a circulation of almost 50,000.- External links :*...
, Icelandic newspaper editor - Jón Jósep SnæbjörnssonJón Jósep SnæbjörnssonJón Jósep Snæbjörnsson or Jónsi is an Icelandic singer and member of the band Í Svörtum Fötum . He participated on behalf of Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and finished 19th...
, Icelandic musician - Jón Arnór StefánssonJón Arnór StefánssonJón Arnór Stefánsson is an Icelandic basketball player who currently plays with CAI Zaragoza in Spain and also is a member of the Icelandic national team. He won the FIBA EuroCup title in 2005 with Dynamo Saint Petersburg.-External links:**...
, Icelandic basketball player - Jón SveinssonJón SveinssonJón "Nonni" Stefán Sveinsson was an Icelandic children's writer and member of the Society of Jesus....
, Icelandic author - Jón Thoroddsen juniorJón Thoroddsen juniorJón Skúlason Thoroddsen was an Icelandic author. He was born in Breiðabólstaður á Skógarströnd. His parents were sýslumaður Skúli Thoroddsen and his wife Theodora Guðmundsdóttir, who was a priest. After high school he studied law. In 1922, he published two books: Maria Magdalena and Flugur...
, Icelandic author - Jón Thoroddsen elderJón Thoroddsen elderJón Thoroddsen elder was an Icelandic author.His novels Piltur og Stúlka and Maður og Kona mark the beginning of the modern Icelandic novel. His son, Þorvaldur Thoroddsen, became a well-known scientist.-In English:* Lad and Lass, a Story of Life in Iceland , trans...
, Icelandic author - Jón Trausti, pseudonym for Guðmundur Magnusson, Icelandic author
- Jón ÞorlákssonJón ÞorlákssonJón Þorláksson was Prime Minister of Iceland from 8 July 1926 to 28 August 1927. He was the only leader of the Conservative Party which merged with the Liberal Party to form the Independence Party in 1929, and the Mayor of Reykjavík from 1933 to his death.-Career:Jón Þorláksson was a farmer’s...
, Icelandic Prime Minister