Jonathan (name)

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.

Jonathan
Jonathan and David
Pronunciation/ˈdʒɒnəθən/
Finnish: [ˈjoːnɑtɑn]
Dutch: [ˈjoːnɑtɑn]
French: [ʒɔnatɑ̃]
German: [ˈjoːnatan]
Spanish: [ˈɟʝonatan]
GenderMale
Language(s)English
Name dayFinland: 26 January,
France: 1 March,
United States: 26 April,
Sweden: 22 December,
Germany: 29 December
Origin
Word/nameHebrew (Israel)
MeaningGod has given
Other names
Variant form(s)Johnathan
Nickname(s)
  • Jon
  • Jon Jon
  • Jonny
  • Jonty
  • Jono
  • Joff
Related names
  • Jhonatan
  • Jon
  • Jonatan
  • Jonatas
  • Nathan
  • Nathanael
  • Nathaniel

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

People

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

  • Jonathan Agnew (born 1960), English cricketer and broadcaster
  • 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 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 Glazer (born 1965), English director
  • 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
  • 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 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 Wong (born 1986), Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and producer
  • Jonathan Woodgate (born 1980), English footballer

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
  1. Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.
  2. "MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Jonathan". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  3. Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, p. 147.
  4. The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition – Page 342 by Dan Isaac Slobin
  5. Popularly Baby Names, Social Security Online
  6. "Jonathan name with Arabic Calligraphy". Archived from the original on 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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