Nick Jonas's Real Name: Nicholas Jerry Jonas

Quick answer: Nick Jonas was born Nicholas Jerry Jonas on September 16, 1992, in Dallas, Texas. He is the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers, with Kevin and Joe, and a solo singer and actor. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 and co-founded the nonprofit Beyond Type 1. In 2018 he married actress Priyanka Chopra (Britannica; Library of Congress).

Real name and early life

Britannica lists him as Nicholas ("Nick") Jerry Jonas, born September 16, 1992, in Dallas. The Library of Congress name authority files him as "Jonas, Nick," and its citation reads "b. Nicholas Jerry Jonas, Sept. 16, 1992, Dallas, Tex.; American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor."

Britannica says the brothers grew up in a musical, Christian household in New Jersey; their father was an Assembly of God minister. Family sing-alongs led to Nick's Broadway performances starting at age six, and in 2004 he released a Christian-themed solo album. In a Beyond Type 1 interview he recalled being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13, during an early school tour. He had lost almost 25 pounds in two weeks. "At the time I was thinking that this might end my dream of being able to tour the world and play our music," he said; instead he jumped "right back into work."

Career highlights

The Jonas Brothers' debut, It's About Time (2006), sold modestly, and their label dropped them. After signing with Disney's Hollywood Records in 2007, they released a self-titled album that went platinum on the strength of "S.O.S." They appeared on Hannah Montana, toured with Miley Cyrus, and broke through with the Disney movie Camp Rock. A Little Bit Longer (2008), featuring many songs Nick wrote, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

After the band's 2013 breakup, Nick pursued a solo career, releasing Last Year Was Complicated (2016), and acted in the series Kingdom (2014–17) and the film Goat (2016). He also appeared in several Jumanji films. The brothers reunited in 2019, and "Sucker" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Happiness Begins (2019) topped the album chart.

In 2025 the band released Greetings from Your Hometown and starred in A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, and Nick appeared on Broadway in The Last Five Years. Britannica says that in 2026 he played a fading boy-band singer opposite Paul Rudd in Power Ballad, and the brothers were slated to star in Camp Rock 3.

Nick married Priyanka Chopra in December 2018, and the couple have a daughter.

Name notes for searchers

Nick is short for Nicholas, and Jerry is his middle name. Library records keep "Nicholas Jerry Jonas" as his birth name, so searches for either form lead to the same artist.