Jonne (name)
Jonne is a Finnish variant of the given name John. Notable people with the name include:
- Jonne Aaron (born 1983), Finnish singer
- Jonne Hjelm (born 1988), Finnish footballer
- Jonne Järvelä (born 1974), Finnish musician
- Jonne Kemppinen (born 1981), Finnish footballer
- Jonne Kunnas (born 1992), Finnish football coach
- Jonne Lindblom (born 1983), Finnish football agent
- Jonne Valtonen (born 1976), Finnish composer
- Jonne Virtanen (born 1988), Finnish ice hockey player
It is also the surname of Uruguayan footballer Luis Jonne.
Internet meme and slang
Starting in the early 2010s, the Finnish slang word jonne (pl. jonnet) has been used to refer to a stereotypical teenage boy who behaves embarrassingly, often rides a moped and drinks energy drinks, especially Euroshopper Energy Drink ("ES"), from which the term ES-jonne is derived.[1][2][3] The word originally came from the name of Jonne Jyrylä, the creator of the Finnish website Jonneweb, and the first "jonne memes" on the Finnish imageboard Kuvalauta were based on a teenage photo of Finnish rapper Atte Toikka, which was originally posted on the Finnish social networking website IRC-Galleria.[3][4] Since at least the early 2020s, the slang word veeti (pl. veetit), derived from the Finnish name Veeti, has similarly been used to refer to a new generation of teenage boys.[2][5]
References
- ^ "jonne". Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ a b Pitkäranta, Pilvi (6 September 2021). "Jonnet kasvoivat aikuisiksi – tätä nimeä uuden sukupolven teinipojista käytetään nyt" [The jonnes grew up – this is the name now used for the new generation of teenage boys]. MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ a b Taipale, Juuso (24 February 2024). "Hän on alkuperäinen Jonne" [He is the original Jonne]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ Ylimutka, Leena (22 January 2019). "Rumba: Nuori rap-artisti ja Jonne-meemeistä tuttu Atte Toikka on kuollut – julkaisi juuri uutta musiikkia" [Rumba: Young rap artist and Jonne meme star Atte Toikka has died – had just released new music]. Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Tikka, Juha-Pekka (13 September 2021). "MTV: Jonnet ovat nyt veetejä, tämä nimitys tulee seuraavaksi" [MTV: Jonnes are now veetis, this name is coming next]. Verkkouutiset (in Finnish). Kansalliskustannus. Retrieved 13 July 2025.