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Jontavius
How to Pronounce Jontavius
Pronounced jon-TAY-vee-uhs /dʒɒnˈteɪ.vi.əs/Low
Meaning: Jontavius is an invented American name that pairs Jon, from John and its Hebrew sense 'God is gracious,' with the Latin-flavored ending -tavius borrowed from Octavius, 'eighth.' It belongs to the late-twentieth-century family of names built to sound both classical and new.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jontavius is a coined American name that fuses Jon, a short form of John meaning 'God is gracious,' with -tavius from the Roman Octavius. Names of this build spread through African-American communities near the turn of the twenty-first century, and Jontavius is assembled rather than inherited.
It was never common, given to only about fifteen boys a year even at its peak around 2009, and it stayed rare. A boy named Jontavius then is in his teens today, part of a recent wave of -tavius coinages.
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What does the name Jontavius mean?
It is a modern African-American coinage joining Jon (from John, 'God is gracious') to -tavius, drawn from Octavius.
How do you pronounce Jontavius?
It is said jon-TAY-vee-uhs /dʒɒnˈteɪ.vi.əs/ - four syllables, stress on the second.
Is Jontavius a boy or girl name?
Jontavius is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Jontavius?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fifteen boys a year even at its peak in the two-thousands.