Jonathan (name) instance of male given 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. In Latin America both "Jhonny" and "Johnny" coexist due to misspelling and have become commonly used (Jhonny Peralta, Jhonny Rivera, Jhonny da Silva).
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
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
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, translit. Yónathan
Swedish: Jonatan
Tongan: Sonatane
Tigrinya: ዮናታን
Yoruba: Jonatani
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