Liam Patel

By Liam Patel
Linguistics Researcher

Updated on September 02, 2024

Javon

US Popularity Rank: 2354

Origin: Hebrew

Meaning: Greek, Greece; Ionian

Javon is a boy's given name with roots in Hebrew. It is an anglicized version of the Hebrew moniker Yavan, which is thought to be a cognate for "Greece,” "Greek," or “Ionia.” In the Bible, Javon was a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah, whose ancestry could be traced back to Greece. An alternative spelling for this Ionian-inspired name is Javaughn.

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