Jf

org · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Jf is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: to approach, go to, apply; on the point of.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States≈1 in 939K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 74K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 75K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈910 people, est.

Sources
132 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 74K (inferred from the name graph)

Belgium, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled J-F in CA Canada, BE Belgium, FR France and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

to approach, go to, apply; on the point of

Sources 1

  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jf counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jf is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈910 est.≈1 in 75K—J-F4
US United States≈350 est.≈1 in 939K—Jf132
CA Canada≈290 est.≈1 in 131K—J-F81
BE Belgium≈160 est.≈1 in 74K—J-F20
BR Brazil≈130 est.≈1 in 1.7M20—2
HK Hong Kong≈63 est.≈1 in 116K—Jf6
NL Netherlands341 in 508K22Jf15
CH Switzerland≈26 est.≈1 in 319K—J-F5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jf is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada, Belgium, United States

    Also written J-F

  • Portuguese given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written J-F, J'F

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written J-F

  • Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada

    Also written J-F

  • Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada

    Also written J-F

  • Indonesian name3 spellings in the group

    Also written J-F

  • Arabic name2 spellings in the group

    Also written J-F

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Jf
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—22#11,050
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—12#20,060

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jf mean, and where does it come from?
to approach, go to, apply; on the point of Recorded by Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007).
In which country does Jf have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 909 people named Jf in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled j-f.
How common is the name Jf?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 34 people named Jf, about 1 in 508 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jf”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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