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Yon.

A male given name.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. A male given name.

  2. A surname.

name
  1. A surname from French.

Where this word comes from

From French Yon, from the Latin personal name Ionis. Ionis was also named as a daughter of Ἴναχος (Ínakhos), see Ἰώ (Iṓ).

name
  1. A surname from Korean.

Where this word comes from

From Korean 연(延) (Yeon), 연(燕) (Yeon), 연(連) (Yeon), or 연(淵) (Yeon).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.