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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.
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