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Jonty
GenderMale
Name dayFrance: 1 March,
America: 26 April,
Sweden: 22 December,
Germany: 29 December
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
MeaningGuy who likes bikes
Other names
Nickname(s)Jon, Jonny, Johnny, John
Related namesJon

Jonathan (in Template:Lang-he-n, Standard Yonatan / Yəhonatan Tiberian Yônāṯān / Yəhônāṯān) is a common masculine given name meaning "YHWH has given" in Hebrew.[1][2] The first known Jonathan was a son of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible, a close friend of David.

Variants of Jonathan include Johnatan, Jonathon, Johnathan, Jonothon, Jonothan, Johnathon and Johnthan. Biblical variants include Yehonathan, Y'honathan, Yhonathan, Yonathan, Yonatan, Yonaton, Yonoson, Yeonoson or Yehonasan. In Israel, "Yoni" is a common nickname for Yonatan (Jonathan) in the same way Jonny is for Jonathan in English.[3]

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

Nicknames include Jon, Jonny, Johnny and Nathan. Jo and Jonty were once common diminuitives in the United Kingdom but are much less common now.

John is commonly mistaken as short for Jonathan although Jon is correct. Names with similar meanings include Theodore in Greek and Bogdan/Bozhidar in Slavonic.

List of alternatives


References

  1. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Jonathan
  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

See also

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