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.
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| Pronunciation | English: /ˈdʒɒnəθən/ JON-ə-thən Finnish: [ˈjoːnɑtɑn] Dutch: [ˈjoːnaːtɑn] 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 |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Johnathan |
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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
edit- 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
- Estonian: Joonatan
- 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
- Indonesian: Yonatan, 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
People
editJonathan is a common given name. People with the name
- Jonathan Amaral, known as Jonathan Gaming (born 2002), Indian professional esports player
- Jonathan Antoine (born 1995), English classically trained tenor
- Jonathan Aspropotamitis (born 1996), Australian professional footballer
- Jonathan Asselin (born 1958), Canadian equestrian
- Jonathan Bailey (born 1988), English actor
- Jonny Bairstow (born 1989), English cricketer
- Jonathan Banks (born 1947), American actor
- Jonathan Barnet (1677/78–1745), English privateer in the Caribbean
- Jonathan Barry (born 1988), Bahamian cricketer
- Jonathan Bartley (born 1971), British politician, former co-leader of the Green Party
- Jon Bernthal (born 1976), American actor
- Jonathan Bilbao (born 1999), Venezuelan-Peruvian footballer
- Jonathan Borlee (born 1988), Belgian athlete
- Jonathan Brewer (born 1987), American football coach
- Jonny Brownlee (born 1990), British triathlete
- Jonny Buckland (born 1977), British musician
- Jonathan Castroviejo (born 1987), Spanish cyclist
- Jonathan Chan (born 1997), Singaporean former diver
- Jonathan Cheung (born 1981), Chinese actor
- Jonathan Chu (tennis) (born 1983), American former professional tennis player
- Jonathan Conricus (born 1979), Israeli IDF Lieutenant-Colonel (ret), IDF International Spokesperson
- Jonathan Copete, (born 1988), Colombian footballer
- Jonathan Cuenú (born 1986), Colombian footballer
- Jonathan David (born 2000), professional soccer player
- Jonathan Davies (born 1988), Welsh rugby union player
- Jonathan Demme (1944–2017), American Academy Award-winning director
- Jonathan Dickinson (1663–1722), merchant from Port Royal, Jamaica
- Jonathan Dickinson (1688–1747), co-founder and first president of the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University)
- Jonathan Dimbleby (born 1944), British presenter
- Jonathan dos Santos (born 1990), Mexican professional footballer
- Jonathan Edwards (born 1966), British triple-jumper
- Jonathan Emile (born 1986), Jamaican Canadian singer, rapper, record producer and cancer survivor
- Jonathan Erlich (born 1977), Israeli former professional tennis player
- Jonathan Escoffery, American writer
- Jonny Evans (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer
- Jonathan Farinha (born 1996), Trinidadian sprinter
- Johnathan Farquharson (born 1993), Bahamian sprinter
- Jon Favreau (born 1966), American filmmaker and actor
- Jonathan Fox (born 1991), British Paralympic swimmer
- Jonathan Glazer (born 1965), English director
- Jonathan Goble, an American Baptist minister and missionary
- Jonny Greenwood (born 1971), English musician
- Jonathan Groff (born 1985), American stage actor
- Jonathan de Guzman (born 1987), Canadian-born Dutch footballer
- Jon Hamm (born 1971), American actor
- Jonathan Ho (born 2004), physic Nobel prize in 2024, table tennis master of Ma Long
- Jonny Howson (born 1988), English footballer
- Jonathan India (born 1996), American professional baseball infielder
- Jonathan Joseph (born 1991), English rugby union player
- Jonathan Kim (born 1960), South Korean film producer
- Jonathan Kings, New Zealand diplomat
- Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver (born 1981), American mixed martial artist known as War Machine
- Jonathan LaPaglia (born 1969), Australian actor and television personality
- Jonathan Larson (1960–1996), American composer, lyricist and playwright
- Jon Lewis (born 1975), English cricketer and coach
- Jonathan Lipnicki (born 1990), American child actor
- Jonathan Maicelo (born 1983), Peruvian professional boxer
- Jonathan Malaya, Filipino writer, author, businessman, and public official
- Jonathan Marray (born 1981), English tennis player
- Jonathan Mexique (born 1995), footballer
- Jonathan Moreira (born 1986), Brazilian professional footballer
- Jon Moss (born 1970), English football referee
- Jonathan Nolan (born 1976), British-American screenwriter
- Jonathan Osorio (born 1992), Canadian professional soccer player
- Jonathan Paget (born 1983), New Zealand equestrian
- Jonathan Pryce (born 1947), Welsh actor
- Jonathan Rea (born 1987), Northern Irish motorcycle racer
- Jonty Rhodes (born 1969), South African cricketer
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 1977), Irish actor
- Jonathan Ross (born 1960), English broadcaster
- Jonathan Roy (born 1989), Canadian pop singer and songwriter
- Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746–1793), American politician
- Johnny Sexton (born 1985), Irish rugby union player
- J. K. Simmons (born 1955), American actor
- Jon Snow (born 1947), English journalist and television presenter
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish author
- Jonathan Trott (born 1981), South African-born English cricketer
- Jonathan Van-Tam (born 1964), British healthcare professional
- Jon Voigt (born 1938), American actor
- Jonathan Watson, Scottish actor
- Jonathan Welsh (1947–2005), Canadian actor
- Jonathan Wentz (1990–2012), American Paralympic equestrian competitor
- Jonathan Wilkes (born 1978) English television presenter, entertainer and singer
- Jonathan Winters (1925-2013) American comedian, actor, and artist
- Jonathan Wong (born 1986), Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and producer
- Jonathan Woodgate (born 1980), English footballer
- Jonathan Yardley (born 1939), American author and book critic
- Jonathan J Tibbs (born 1982), Activist and Multimedia Persona
See also
edit- For the Israeli moshav, see Yonatan, Golan Heights
- Johnathan, a given name
- Jonathon, another alternate spelling
- Jonathan (disambiguation)
- John (given name)
- Nathaniel, for a name with a similar root and meaning
References
edit- ^ 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". Archived from the original on 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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