Jonathan (name)

Jonathan

Jonathan and David
Pronunciation	Finnish: [ˈjoːnɑtɑn] Dutch: [ˈjoːnɑtɑn] French: [ʒɔnatɑ̃] German: [ˈjoːnatan] Spanish: [ˈɟʝonatan]
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
Other names
Variant form(s)	Johnathan
Nickname(s)	Jon Jon Jon Jonny Jonty Jono Joff
Related names	Jon Jonatan Nathan Nathanael Nathaniel

Jonathan (Hebrew: יְהוֹנָתָן/יוֹנָתָן‎, 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. 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.

List of alternatives

• Arabic: يوناثان, 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