Jowan

Boy · Hebrew, through Cornish

Jowan

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Meaning

Cornish form of John, from Hebrew 'Yahweh is gracious'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

144 babies given this name since 1980
At its height in 1997, about 1 in 134,600 boys
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Cornish

The family of the name

English	John
Breton	Yann

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Where this comes from

National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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