Jonathan (name) explained

Jonathan
Pronunciation:
in Finnish ˈjoːnɑtɑn/
in Dutch; Flemish ˈjoːnɑtɑn/
pronounced as /fr/
pronounced as /de/
pronounced as /es/
Gender:Male
Meaning:God has given
Language:English
Origin:Hebrew (Israel)
Variant Forms:Johnathan
Name Day:Finland: 26 January,
France: 1 March,
United States: 26 April,
Sweden: 22 December,
Germany: 29 December

Jonathan (Hebrew: {{Script/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

جاناتان

Jonatán

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People

Jonathan is a common given name. People with the name include:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Khan, Geoffrey . The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. . Open Book Publishers . 2020 . 978-1783746767.
  2. Web site: MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Jonathan . 2009-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090530210343/http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/j/origin-and-meaning-of-jonathan.htm . 2009-05-30 . dead .
  3. Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, p. 147.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=ID_X-Zi9jEcC&pg=PA342&dq=%22Dudi+for+David%22&sig=59ZI6bNvyTxAE1_A_yW3eXMyqJk The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition – Page 342 by Dan Isaac Slobin
  5. http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi Popularly Baby Names
  6. News: Jonathan name with Arabic Calligraphy. 2018-04-30. en-US. 2018-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20180430181651/https://www.namearabic.com/ar/product/thuluth/jonathan. dead.