The name Even Jolon

In short, both names mean "stone" 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
  • Also spelled Eben (notable people named Eben)

• Norwegian Even, "gift winner"
  implying being fortunate
  • (notable people named Even)

The name Jolon

The Kyrgyz name Jolon (Жолон) is fairly rare. Besides a few notable people throughout history, 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.

• 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