Jonathan (name)

Jonathan (Hebrew: יְהוֹנָתָן/יוֹנָתָן‎, Standard Yonatan / Yəhonatan Tiberian Yônāṯān) is a common name given to males which means "YHWH has given" in Hebrew.[1][2] The earliest known use of the name was in the Bible, one Jonathan was the son of King Saul, a close friend of David.

"Jna." redirects here. For other uses, see JNA (disambiguation).
Jonathan
Jonathan and David
Pronunciation/ˈdʒɒnəθən/
Dutch: [ˈjoːnɑtɑn]
French: [ʒɔnatɑ̃]
German: [ˈjoːnatan]
Spanish: [ˈɟʝonatan]
GenderMale
Language(s)English
Name dayFrance: 1 March,
United States: 26 April,
Sweden: 22 December,
Germany: 29 December,
Finland: 26 January
Origin
Word/nameHebrew (Israel)
MeaningGod has given
Other names
Nickname(s)Jon, Jon Jon, Jonny, Jonty, Jono, Jof
Related namesJon, Nathan, Jonatan, Nathaniel

Variants of Jonathan include Jonatan, Djonathan. Biblical variants include Yehonathan, Y'honathan, Yhonathan, Yonathan, Yehonatan, Yonatan, Yonaton, Yonoson, Yeonoson or Yehonasan. In Israel, "Yoni" is a common nickname for Yonatan (Jonathan) in the same way Jonny is in English.[3] In Latin America both "Jhonny" and "Johnny" coexist due to misspelling and have become commonly used (Jhonny Peralta, Jhonny Rivera, Jhonny da Silva).

The name was the 31st most popular boys' name in the United States in 2011, according to the SSA.[4]

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References
  1. "MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Jonathan". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  2. Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, p. 147.
  3. The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition – Page 342 by Dan Isaac Slobin
  4. Popular Baby Names, Social Security Online
  5. "Jonathan name with Arabic Calligraphy". Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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