Jon-Paul
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JON-PAWL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Jon-Paul is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious + small, humble”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Jon-Paul mean?
Hebrew: Jon + Paul
“God is gracious + small, humble”
Joins Jon (Hebrew, “God is gracious”) and Paul (Latin, “small, humble”).
Meanings borrowed from Jon and Paul.
Is Jon-Paul a girl's or a boy's name?
Jon-Paul is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jon-Paul in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jon-Paul, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 16 boys.
2025 had more boys named Jon-Paul than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Jon-Paul in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Jon-Paul or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- John-Paul 10
- Jon-Paul 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Jon-Paul in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
Names like Jon-Paul
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samuel, Joseph, Joshua, Perez, Daniel, Joel, Marcus, Michael, James, Jack, Iago, Matthew
Other spellings of Jon-Paul
Names related to Jon-Paul
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jon-Paul: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jon-paul, updated 20 October 2026.