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Jonas
say it yoh-nahs
What Jonas means
- Greek, Hebrew and Portuguese dove; form of Jonah Hebrew Bible, New Testament and Quran: the prophet Jonah, swallowed by a great fish; Yunus in the Quran
- Lithuanian and Hebrew God is gracious; Lithuanian form of John New Testament and Christian saint: John the Baptist and John the Apostle in the New Testament
How popular it is
In the top 100 in 6 countries.
Its use is steady over the last ten years.
- no. 1 in the Faroe Islands (2021)
- no. 7 in Austria (2020)
- no. 7 in Lithuania (2022)
- no. 18 in Norway (2020)
- no. 62 in Switzerland (2025)
- no. 74 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 135 in Portugal (2017)
- no. 193 in France (2019)
In the United States it was most popular around 2000.
Other forms
Jonah, Joona, Giona, John, Janis
Names with a similar meaning
Jonah Callum Malcolm Yunus Calum Malcom Coleman Yona Mal Colm Yonas Kálmán
Jonas in stories
- The Giver: Jonas, the boy chosen as Receiver of Memory