Jöns

Jöns is a Swedish masculine given name. It is a local form of Johannes, deriving from the Latin Ioannes and the Greek Ioannes, ultimately from Hebrew Yochanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious." The name has been used in Sweden since the Middle Ages and has given rise to patronymic surnames such as Jönsson, meaning "son of Jöns." In modern usage, Jöns as a standalone given name is infrequent, though it appears in historical records and occasional contemporary contexts in Sweden and among Swedish communities abroad.

Notable bearers include Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848), a Swedish chemist who helped found modern chemistry. He introduced a symbolic system for chemical elements, contributed to standardizing chemical notation with his symbol-based methods, and discovered silicon among other elements. He is often cited as a key figure in the early 19th-century chemical revolution. The name Jöns is primarily recognized in connection with him within the history of science, though other historical persons named Jöns appear in Swedish church and school records.

In popular culture, Jöns is occasionally used in literature and media as a classic Swedish name for male characters, reflecting its historical usage. The related form Jönsson is a common Swedish surname derived from the same given name.