Jhun
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jhun is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A diminutive of the male given name Junior.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 8.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 43K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 89K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 110 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the male given name Junior
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jhun 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #807 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.5K | — | Jhun | 80 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | Jhun | 26 |
| JP Japan | — | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 455K | — | Jhun | 10 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 260K | — | Jhun | 5 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 147K | — | Jhun | 17 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 101K | — | Jhun | 2 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈70 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Jhun | 11 |
| BR Brazil | — | 36 | 1 in 5.9M | 36 | Jhun | 15 |
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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ronald Jhunb. 1970USAmerican mixed martial arts fighter
- Bong Sook JhunUSresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 20 | #194,891 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jhun mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the male given name Junior Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Jhun a male or female name?
- Jhun is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jhun have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Jhun in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jhun.
- How common is the name Jhun?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 36 people named Jhun in 2022, about 1 in 5.9 million residents.
- How common is Jhun compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Jhun is the 807th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Jhun?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jhunThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Jhun” — the 807th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.