# Jonathan (name)

Jonathan (Hebrew: יְהוֹנָתָן/יוֹנָתָן‎, Standard: Yehōnatan/Yōnatan, Tiberian: Yŏhōnāṯān/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 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.
The name was the 31st-most-popular boys' name in the United States in 2011, according to the SSA.

## List of alternatives

* Arabic: يوناثان, جوناثان
* Amharic: ዮናታን
* Aramaic:
** Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܿܢܵܕ݂ܵܡ, romanized: Yōnāḏām
** Classical Syriac: ܝܘܢܬܢ, romanized: Yōnāṯān
** Targumic Imperial Aramaic: יוֹנָתָן‬, romanized: Yônāṯān
* Armenian: Հովնաթան, romanized: Hovnatan
* Chinese: 乔纳森 (simplified), 喬納森 (traditional)
* Czech: Jonatán, Jonatan
* Croatian: Jonatan
* Dutch: Jonathan, Jonatan
* Estonian: Joonatan
* Fijian: Jonacani
* Finnish: Joonatan
* French: Jonathan
* Georgian: იონათანი, romanized: ionatani
* German: Jonathan, Jonatan
* Greek: Ιωνάθαν, romanized: Ionáthan
* Hawaiian: Ionakana
* Hebrew: יהונתן, romanized: Yehonatan
* Hungarian: Jonatán
* Icelandic: Jónatan, Jonathan
* Indonesian: Yonatan, Jonathan
* Irish: Seanachán, Ionatán
* Italian: Gionata
* Japanese: ヨナタン, romanized: Yonatan
* Korean: 요나단, romanized: Yonadan
* Latin: Ionathan, Ionathas
* Lithuanian: Jonatanas
* Māori: Honatana
* Persian: جاناتان
* Polish: Jonatan, Jonathan
* Portuguese: Jónatas, Jônatas, Jonatão
* Romanian: Ionatan, Ion
* Russian: Ионафан, romanized: Ionafan
* Samoan: Ionatana
* Slovak: Jonatán
* Spanish: Jonatán
* Swedish: Jonatan
* Tongan: Sonatane
* Tigrinya: ዮናታን
* Yoruba: Jonatani

## People

Jonathan is a common given name. People with the name
* 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 Conricus (born 1979), Israeli IDF Lieutenant-Colonel (ret), IDF International Spokesperson
* 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
* Jon Favreau (born 1966), American filmmaker and actor
* Jonathan Fox (born 1991), British Paralympic swimmer
* Jonathan Glazer (born 1965), English director
* Jonathan Goble, an American Baptist minister and missionary
* Jonny Greenwood (born 1971), English musician
* Jonathan Groff (born 1985), American stage actor
* Jonathan de Guzman (born 1987), Canadian-born Dutch footballer
* Jonathan Haidt (born 1963), American social psychologist and author
* 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 Paul Koppenhaver (born 1981), American mixed martial artist known as War Machine
* 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 Wilkes (born 1978) English television presenter, entertainer and singer
* Jonathan Winters (1925-2013) American comedian, actor, and artist
* Jonathan Wong (born 1986), Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and producer
* Jonathan Woodgate (born 1980), English footballer
* Jonathan Yardley (born 1939), American author and book critic