Jonathan (name)
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Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɒnəθən/ Dutch: [ˈjoːnɑtɑn] French: [ʒɔnatɑ̃] German: [ˈjoːnatan] Spanish: [ˈɟʝonatan] |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | English |
Name day | France: 1 March, United States: 26 April, Sweden: 22 December, Germany: 29 December, Finland: 26 January |
Origin | |
Word/name | Hebrew (Israel) |
Meaning | God has given |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Johnathan |
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Jonathan (Hebrew: יְהוֹנָתָן/יוֹנָתָן, Standard: Yehōnatan/Yōnatan, Tiberian: Yŏhōnāṯān/Yōnāṯān[1]) is a common name given to males which means "YHWH has given" in Hebrew.[2][3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
List of alternatives
- Arabic: يوناثان, [6]جوناثان
- Amharic: ዮናታን
- Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܿܢܵܕ݂ܵܡ, romanized: Yōnāḏām
- Classical Syriac: ܝܘܢܬܢ, romanized: Yōnāṯān
- Targumic Imperial Aramaic: יוֹנָתָן, romanized: Yônāṯān
- Armenian: Հովնաթան, romanized: Hovnatan
- Chinese: 乔纳森 (simplified), 喬納森 (traditional)
- Czech: Jonatán, Jonatan
- Croatian: Jonatan
- Dutch: Jonathan, Jonatan
- Fijian: Jonacani
- Finnish: Joonatan
- French: Jonathan
- Georgian: იონათანი, romanized: ionatani
- German: Jonathan, Jonatan
- Greek: Ιωνάθαν, romanized: Ionáthan
- Hawaiian: Ionakana
- Hebrew: יהונתן, romanized: Yehonatan
- Hungarian: Jonatán
- Icelandic: Jónatan, Jonathan
- Irish: Seanachán, Ionatán
- Italian: Gionata
- Japanese: ヨナタン, romanized: Yonatan
- Korean: 요나단, romanized: Yonadan
- Latin: Ionathan, Ionathas
- Lithuanian: Jonatanas
- Māori: Honatana
- Persian: جاناتان
- Polish: Jonatan, Jonathan
- Portuguese: Jónatas, Jônatas, Jonatão
- Romanian: Ionatan, Ion
- Russian: Ионафан, romanized: Ionafan
- Samoan: Ionatana
- Slovak: Jonatán
- Spanish: Jonatán
- Swedish: Jonatan
- Tongan: Sonatane
- Tigrinya: ዮናታን
- Yoruba: Jonatani
See also
- For the Israeli moshav, see Yonatan, Golan Heights
- Johnathan, a given name
- Jonathan (disambiguation)
- John (given name)
- Nathaniel, for a name with a similar root and meaning
References
- ^ Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.
- ^ "MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Jonathan". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, p. 147.
- ^ The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition – Page 342 by Dan Isaac Slobin
- ^ Popularly Baby Names, Social Security Online
- ^ "Jonathan name with Arabic Calligraphy". Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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