Jonathan (name)
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| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɒnəθən/ Finnish: [ˈjoːnɑtɑn] Dutch: [ˈjoːnɑtɑn] French: [ʒɔnatɑ̃] German: [ˈjoːnatan] Spanish: [ˈɟʝonatan] |
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| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | English |
| Name day | Finland: 26 January, France: 1 March, United States: 26 April, Sweden: 22 December, Germany: 29 December |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew (Israel) |
| Meaning | God has given |
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| Variant form(s) | Johnathan |
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Jonathan (Template:Lang-he, 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
- Template:Lang-ar, [6]جوناثان
- Template:Lang-am
- Aramaic:
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- Chinese: 乔纳森 (simplified), 喬納森 (traditional)
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- Template:Lang-hr
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- Georgian: იონათანი, romanized: ionatani
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- Template:Lang-el
- Template:Lang-haw
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- Template:Lang-is
- Template:Lang-ga
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- Template:Lang-ja
- Template:Lang-ko
- Template:Lang-la
- Template:Lang-lt
- Template:Lang-mi
- Persian: جاناتان
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- Template:Lang-ro
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- Template:Lang-sm
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- Spanish: Jonatán
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- Template:Lang-to
- Tigrinya: ዮናታን
- Template:Lang-yo
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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