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Jon

American  
[jon] / dʒɒn /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of John.


Jon. British  

abbreviation

  1. Jonah

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A new ‘Super Mario’ movie arrives in theaters, Jon Hamm returns as a high-society criminal in the second season of ‘Your Friends and Neighbors,’ Ian McKellen’s hologram exits the stage in New York, and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Luckily for us, “House of David” showrunner Jon Erwin emphasizes the grueling battle required to pull this off instead of the field surgery.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

“Trump’s endorsement would be huge,” said Jon Fleischman, a conservative strategist and former executive director of the state GOP.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Australian game developer Jon Manning said he asked Scott Forstall, then-head of Apple's mobile operating system iOS, about the phenomenon when he bumped into him in California in 2010.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

From: Jesse Dailey To: Jon Katz Their names were Don and Kristin, they were two people whom I considered quite popular all through my younger years at school.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz