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Jonathan
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Origin and Meaning
Latin spelling of Ιωναθαν (Ionathan), a Greek form of the Hebrew name יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan), which is a contracted form of Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan) meaning 'Yahweh has given' (see also JO and Nathan) [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
| Ionatan | ♂ |
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| Ionathan | ♂ |
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| Johnatan | ♂ |   |
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| Johnathan | ♂ |  |
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| Jonatan | ♂ |   |
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| Jónatan | ♂ | |
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| Jonathan | ♂ |  |
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| Jónathan | ♂ |  |
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| Joonatan | ♂ |  |
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| Yonatan | ♂ |
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| Yonathan | ♂ |
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For female forms see Jonatine
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Jonathaninpoika |
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| Jonathansen |
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| Jonathanssen |
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| Jonathansson |
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Female
| Jonathanintytär |
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| Jonathansdatter |
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| Jonathansdotter |
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| Jonathansdóttir |
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Grammar
| - Danish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Jonathan |
| Genitive: | Jonathans |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Jonathan |
| Genitive: | Jonathanin |
| Partitive: | Jonathania |
| - Icelandic |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Jonathan |
| Accusative: | Jonathan |
| Dative: | Jonathan |
| Genitive: | Jonathans |
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Jonathan |
| Genitive: | Jonathans |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Jonathan |
| Genitive: | Jonathans |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Bible
Namesakes
- Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt (25 September 1938 – 28 October 2010), Greenlandic politician, Prime Minister of Greenland (1979-1991 and 1997-2002)
Statistics
Name Count per Country (What's this?)
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[5] |
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17586 | 23654 | 13 | 20 | 17573 | 23634 |
| Denmark[6] |
|
6121 | n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
6120 | n.a. |
| Finland[7] |
|
n.a. |
3278 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
3278 |
| Greenland[8] |
  |
63 | 249 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Iceland[9] |
  |
36 | 42 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Norway[10] |
|
4070 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
4070 | n.a. |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [11]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables