# Jonas
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Iōnās, from Koine Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonah.

### Proper noun

Jonas
* A male given name from Hebrew.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 12:40::
    For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

### Anagrams

* Sonja, sanjo, Jonsa, joans, Jason, Joans

## Danish
### Etymology

From Biblical Jonas (=Jonah), also used as a medieval Latinization of Danish Jon (“John”).

### Proper noun

Jonas
* (biblical) Jonah.
* a male given name

#### Related terms

* (surnames) Jonassen, Jonasen

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 583 males with the given name Jonas have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch Jonas, from Latin Iōnās, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjoː.nɑs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Jo‧nas

### Proper noun

Jonas m
* (religion) Jonah
    Synonym: Jona
* a male given name

#### Derived terms

* jonassen

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒɔ.na/ ~ /ʒɔ.nɑ/

### Proper noun

Jonas m
* (religion) Jonah

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjoːnas/
** Audio:(file)
** Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ˈjoːnaːs/ (alternatively for the genitive of Jona)

### Proper noun

Jonas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jonas')
* (biblical) Jonah (prophet)
* a male given name of biblical origin

#### Alternative forms

* Jona (now preferred for the prophet, less common as a given name)

### Proper noun

Jonas
* genitive of Jona

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈi̯oː.naːs/, [ˈi̯oːnäːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈjo.nas/, [ˈjɔːnäs]

### Proper noun

Jōnās m sg (genitive Jōnae); first declension
* alternative typography of Iōnās

#### Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

### References

* “Jonas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Latvian
### Proper noun

Jonas
* (religion) Jonah.

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Proper noun

Jõnas m stress pattern 2
* John (biblical character).
* a male given name, equivalent to English John

#### Derived terms

* Jõno laiškaĩ
* Apreiškìmas Jõnui

### References

* ↑ “Jonas”, in Vardai [Names], Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija [Commission on the Lithuanian language], 2010–2025

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From Latin Jonas, Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew, cognate with the English Jonas and Jonah.

### Proper noun

Jonas
* a male given name
* (religion) Jonah.

#### Usage notes

* The most common given name of boys born in Norway in the 2000-2009 decade.

#### Related terms

* (male given names) Jona
* (surnames) Jonassen

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 12 087 males with the given name Jonas living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iōnās, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יוֹנָה.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʒõ.nɐs/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʒõ.nɐs/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʒõ.nɐʃ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʒo.nas/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʒɔ.nɐʃ/
* Hyphenation: Jo‧nas

### Proper noun

Jonas m
* (biblical) Jonah (a book of the Old Testament)
* (biblical) Jonah (prophet who was swallowed by a whale)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jonah or Jonas

#### Coordinate terms

* Génesis (Portugal) ~ Gênesis (Brazil)
* Êxodo
* Levítico
* Números
* Deuteronómio (Portugal) ~ Deuteronômio (Brazil)
* Josué
* Juízes
* Rute
* 1 Samuel
* 2 Samuel
* 1 Reis
* 2 Reis
* 1 Crónicas (Portugal) ~ 1 Crônicas (Brazil)
* 2 Crónicas (Portugal) ~ 2 Crônicas (Brazil)
* Esdras
* Neemias
* Tobias
* Judite
* Ester
* 1 Macabeus
* 2 Macabeus
* Jó
* Salmos
* Provérbios
* Eclesiastes
* Cântico dos Cânticos
* Sabedoria
* Eclesiástico
* Isaías
* Jeremias
* Lamentações
* Baruque
* Ezequiel
* Daniel
* Oseias
* Joel
* Amós
* Abdias
* Jonas
* Miqueias
* Naum
* Habacuc
* Sofonias
* Ageu
* Zacarias
* Malaquias

## Swedish
### Etymology

From the Ancient Greek equivalent of English Jonah, ultimately from Hebrew, also a short form of Johannes. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1303.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /juːnas/

### Proper noun

Jonas c (genitive Jonas)
* a male given name
* (religion) Jonah.

#### Related terms

* (male given names) Jona
* (surnames) Jonasson

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 59 573 males with the given name Jonas living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

### Anagrams

* Jason, Sonja, nojas

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Jonás.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /hoˈnas/ [hoˈn̪as]
* Rhymes: -as
* Syllabification: Jo‧nas

### Proper noun

Jonás (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜈᜐ᜔)
* (religion) Jonah