Jonathan (name)

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imageBible primer, Old Testament, for use in the primary department of Sunday schools (1919) (14779740284).jpg
captionJonathan and David
pronunciation

| | gender | Male | | meaning | God has given | | language | English | | origin | Hebrew (Israel) | | name day | Finland: 26 January, France: 1 March, United States: 26 April, Sweden: 22 December, Germany: 29 December | ::

| name = Jonathan

| image = Bible primer, Old Testament, for use in the primary department of Sunday schools (1919) (14779740284).jpg | image_size = | caption = Jonathan and David | pronunciation =

| gender = Male | meaning = God has given | region = | language = English | origin = Hebrew (Israel) | nickname =

  • Jon
  • Jon Jon
  • Jonny
  • Jonty
  • Jono

| related names =

  • Jack
  • Jon
  • Jonatan
  • Jonatas
  • Nathan
  • Nathanael
  • Nathaniel | name day = Finland: 26 January, France: 1 March, United States: 26 April, Sweden: 22 December, Germany: 29 December | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = Jonathan (, Standard: Yehōnatan/Yōnatan, Tiberian: Yŏhōnāṯān/Yōnāṯān) is a common name given to males which means "YHWH has given" in Hebrew. The earliest known use of the name was in the Bible; one Jonathan was the son of King Saul, a close friend of David.

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.

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

List of alternatives

  • , جوناثان

  • Aramaic:

  • 乔纳森 (simplified), 喬納森 (traditional), romanized: Qiáonàsēn (Qiáo'nà'sēn)
  • იონათანი
  • Persian: جاناتان
  • Spanish: Jonatán, Yónathan
  • Tigrinya: ዮናታን

People

Jonathan is a common given name. People with the name include:

References

References

  1. Khan, Geoffrey. (2020). "The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1.". Open Book Publishers.
  2. "MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Jonathan".
  3. Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, [[Oxford University Press]], 2nd edition, p. 147.
  4. Slobin, Dan Isaac. (1985). "The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition: Theoretical Issues". Psychology Press.
  5. [http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi Popularly Baby Names], Social Security Online
  6. "Jonathan name with Arabic Calligraphy".

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