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Jonaven

Gender
Boy
Say it
JOH-nuh-vun
Origin
Modern

Jonaven is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Jonaven come from?

Modern: spelling of Jonavan; Jon plus an -avan ending

Meaning borrowed from Jonavan.

Is Jonaven a girl's or a boy's name?

Jonaven is a boys' name.

How popular is Jonaven in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.

Half of all the boys named Jonaven in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

2002Busiest: 26 in 20072022
Jonaven in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20225#12,322
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20175#12,241
20160–
20150–
20145#12,102
20135#12,129
20127#9,703
20116#10,801
20106#10,759
20099#8,305
200816#5,482
200726#3,891
200613#6,090
20050–
20046#9,941
20030–
20026#9,385

Names like Jonaven

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jonaven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jonaven, updated 20 October 2026.