Jonathan ( he, ,
Standard: ''Yəhōnatan''/''Yōnatan'',
Tiberian
Tiberian may refer to:
* Tiberian vocalization, an oral tradition within the Hebrew language
* Tiberian Hebrew, the variety of Hebrew based on Tiberian vocalization
* Tiberias, a city in Lower Galilee, Israel
* Tiberius
Tiberius Julius Caesa ...
: ''Yо̆hōnāṯān''/''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
Jonathan may refer to:
*Jonathan (name), a masculine given name
Media
* ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
* ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski
* ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...
was the son of
King Saul, a close friend of
David.
Variants of Jonathan include Jonatan, Djonathan.
Biblical
The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...
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
Jhon Jairo Rivera Valencia (born February 23, 1972) is a Colombian Colombian popular music singer, actor and businessman known as Jhonny Rivera.
Biography
A Colombian singer and second cousin of Pablo Escobar.
A broken heart led him to comp ...
,
Jhonny da Silva).
The name was the 31st-most-popular boys' name in the United States in 2011, according to the
SSA.
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List of alternatives
* ar, يوناثان,
جوناثان
* am, ዮናታን
*
Aramaic:
** aii, ܝܘܿܢܵܕ݂ܵܡ, translit=Yōnāḏām
** syc, ܝܘܢܬܢ, translit=Yōnāṯān
**
Targumic arc, יוֹנָתָן, translit=Yônāṯān
* hy, Հովնաթան, translit=Hovnatan
* zh, 乔纳森 (simplified), 喬納森 (traditional), Qiáonàsēn
* cz, Jonatán, Jonatan
* hr, Jonatan
* nl, Jonathan, Jonatan
* fj, Jonacani
* fi, Joonatan
* french: Jonathan
* ka, იონათანი, translit=Ionat'ani, tr
* german: Jonathan, Jonatan
* el, Ιωνάθαν, translit=Ionáthan
* haw, Ionakana
* he, יהונתן, translit=Yehonatan
* hu, Jonatán
* is, Jónatan, Jonathan
* ga, Seanachán, Ionatán
* it, Gionata
* ja, ジョナサン, Jonasan ヨナタン Yonatan
* ko, 조나단, Jonadan
* la, Ionathan, Ionathas
* lt, Jonatanas
* mi, Honatana
*
Persian: جاناتان
* pl, Jonatan, Jonathan
* pt, Jónatas, Jônatas, Jonatão
* ro, Ionatan, Ion
* russian: Ионафан, translit=Ionafan
* sm, Ionatana
* sk, Jonatán
*
Spanish: ''Jonatán'', translit. ''Yónathan''
* sv, Jonatan
* to, Sonatane
*
Tigrinya: ዮናታን
*
See also
* For the Israeli
moshav
A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
, see
Yonatan, Golan Heights
*
Johnathan, a given name
*
Jonathan (disambiguation)
*
John (given name)
John (; ') is a common male given name in the English language of Hebrew origin. The name is the English form of ''Iohannes'' and ''Ioannes'', which are the Latin forms of the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized J ...
*
Nathaniel, for a name with a similar root and meaning
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