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* Hebrew '''אבן''' ([[:w:Tiberian Hebrew|Tiberian]] [ˈɛvɛn]), "stone"<br />''implying strong character'' | * Hebrew '''אבן''' ([[:w:Tiberian Hebrew|Tiberian]] [ˈɛvɛn]), "stone"<br />''implying strong character'' | ||
| + | ** [[:Wiktionary:אבן#Etymology_1|More information on meaning and etymology]] | ||
** Also spelled Eben ([[:w:Eben#Personal name Eben|notable people named Eben]]) | ** Also spelled Eben ([[:w:Eben#Personal name Eben|notable people named Eben]]) | ||
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In short, both names mean "stone" (a reference to strength of character) and "fortunate".
The name Even
There are two etymologies (/meanings) we're aware of for the name Even:
- Hebrew אבן (Tiberian [ˈɛvɛn]), "stone"
implying strong character- More information on meaning and etymology
- Also spelled Eben (notable people named Eben)
- Norwegian Even, "gift winner"
implying being fortunate
There is also the Even language, which is pretty cool.
The name Jolon
The Kyrgyz name Jolon (Жолон, pronounced [ʤɔˈɫɔn]) is fairly rare. Besides a couple notable [historic] figures, not much is known about the name. The Kazakh version is Jolan (Жолан), but we are not aware of definite equivalents in other languages.
- Potential etymologies:
- Borrowing of the Mongolian name Chuluun (Halh Чулуун), from Middle Mongolian čilaɣun, meaning "stone". (Suggested in Шамсабек Акылбеков's book on Chyngys Khan.)
- From the Turkic word jol (Kyrgyz/Kazakh жол, Turkish yol), meaning "road, path, way". There are two sub-etymologies:
- This word is used in a number of expressions about luck and fortune, probably the most basic of which is Kyrgyz жолу бол- (literally, "for someone's path to exist"), meaning basically "to be fortunate" (e.g., "жолум болду", literally "my path existed", meaning "I lucked out / I was fortunate"). Also Kyrgyz жолдуу, literally "having a path", means "fortunate". So Jolon would be some unknown morphological formation of this word, meaning "fortunate"
- According to one source, the famous Kazakh Jolan (see below) was named this way because he was born when his parents were travelling ("on the road"). Again, the formation would be morphologically curious.
- Notable people
- Jolon Mamytov, a Kyrgyz aqyn
- Jolan batyr, an 18th century Kazakh ambassador to China, and a younger (perhaps the youngest?) son of the famous Kazakh biy, Töle Biy
- Other Jolons:
- There is a Jolon, California, Spanish spelling, potentially of an Ohlone(?) word meaning valley of dead trees. It's also the name of the setting of Steinbeck's To a God Unknown.
- Jolon Clark, a Colorado politican.
