Jonathan Forename
275th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,164,306 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Jonathan Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah gave'. The name of the s. of Saul and friend of David. Jonathas (the Greek form) is found as a christian name in the 13th C, but its general use is subsequent to the Reformation.
Jonathas Curia Regis Rolls 1213.
Read More About This ForenameJonathan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 502,915 | 1:721 | 139 |
| Philippines | 99% | 272,990 | 1:388 | 35 |
| England | 100% | 178,381 | 1:312 | 63 |
| Brazil | 100% | 110,363 | 1:1,941 | 299 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 106,896 | 1:1,661 | 306 |
| Mexico | 100% | 102,031 | 1:1,217 | 229 |
| Ghana | 100% | 61,748 | 1:437 | 94 |
| France | 100% | 42,193 | 1:1,575 | 239 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 41,369 | 1:730 | 104 |
| Canada | 100% | 41,354 | 1:801 | 170 |
| Chile | 100% | 38,579 | 1:456 | 101 |
| Kenya | 100% | 35,856 | 1:1,291 | 254 |
| South Africa | 100% | 34,511 | 1:1,580 | 243 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 34,053 | 1:2,168 | 357 |
| Malawi | 100% | 29,063 | 1:589 | 125 |
| Ecuador | - | 29,041 | 1:610 | 131 |
| Spain | 100% | 27,472 | 1:1,694 | 244 |
| Zambia | - | 25,138 | 1:631 | 132 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 22,635 | 1:2,332 | 444 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 21,859 | 1:324 | 79 |
| Uganda | 100% | 19,677 | 1:2,081 | 312 |
| Central African Republic | - | 19,455 | 1:232 | 70 |
| Peru | 100% | 17,237 | 1:1,844 | 361 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 17,004 | 1:280 | 36 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 15,532 | 1:993 | 172 |
| Australia | - | 14,692 | 1:930 | 203 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 13,052 | 1:871 | 202 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 12,697 | 1:1,861 | 444 |
| Wales | 100% | 12,693 | 1:244 | 44 |
| Belgium | 100% | 12,296 | 1:934 | 218 |
| Colombia | 100% | 11,264 | 1:4,242 | 510 |
| Burundi | 88% | 10,138 | 1:977 | 312 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 9,359 | 1:1,115 | 174 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 9,182 | 1:28,094 | 3,820 |
| Thailand | 100% | 9,142 | 1:7,664 | 1,283 |
| Scotland | 100% | 8,124 | 1:659 | 143 |
| Congo | 100% | 8,080 | 1:620 | 99 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 7,739 | 1:459 | 90 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7,731 | 1:1,275 | 215 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7,719 | 1:2,800 | 521 |
| Haiti | 100% | 7,617 | 1:1,408 | 222 |
| Sudan | 100% | 7,536 | 1:5,017 | 803 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 7,421 | 1:248 | 49 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 7,222 | 1:1,129 | 123 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Panama | 100% | 6,708 | 1:582 | 84 |
| New Zealand | - | 6,617 | 1:686 | 155 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6,158 | 1:716 | 140 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5,176 | 1:3,112 | 473 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 5,118 | 1:5,950 | 684 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4,927 | 1:1,222 | 234 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,704 | 1:3,593 | 602 |
| El Salvador | - | 3,892 | 1:1,629 | 260 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,835 | 1:1,211 | 219 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,804 | 1:25,415 | 1,030 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 3,769 | 1:909 | 176 |
| India | 100% | 3,709 | 1:327,549 | 29,694 |
| Angola | - | 3,374 | 1:7,992 | 1,018 |
| Togo | - | 3,214 | 1:2,252 | 373 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,861 | 1:7,270 | 1,162 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,568 | 1:3,198 | 530 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2,450 | 1:17,458 | 866 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,414 | 1:3,653 | 544 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,410 | 1:5,642 | 870 |
| Malta | - | 2,386 | 1:180 | 24 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,207 | 1:1,306 | 327 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,168 | 1:17,540 | 665 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,952 | 1:3,221 | 530 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,925 | 1:82,837 | 6,005 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,767 | 1:2,142 | 300 |
| Denmark | - | 1,689 | 1:3,345 | 464 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,586 | 1:38,501 | 1,199 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,503 | 1:64,910 | 5,508 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,457 | 1:7,276 | 887 |
| China | - | 1,383 | 1:987,748 | 34,095 |
| Namibia | - | 1,338 | 1:1,797 | 358 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,134 | 1:1,201 | 222 |
| Japan | - | 1,109 | 1:115,407 | 4,899 |
| Portugal | - | 1,033 | 1:10,078 | 627 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,020 | 1:7,601 | 672 |
| Mali | 100% | 994 | 1:17,080 | 1,278 |
| Qatar | 100% | 928 | 1:2,553 | 329 |
| Egypt | 100% | 868 | 1:105,877 | 4,800 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 858 | 1:182 | 21 |
| Gabon | 100% | 842 | 1:2,237 | 538 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 724 | 1:802 | 158 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 701 | 1:121 | 35 |
| Botswana | 100% | 670 | 1:3,260 | 572 |
| Norway | 100% | 660 | 1:7,776 | 770 |
| Suriname | 100% | 642 | 1:861 | 152 |
| Benin | 100% | 640 | 1:16,525 | 1,891 |
| Morocco | - | 628 | 1:54,695 | 2,204 |
| Oman | - | 610 | 1:6,736 | 876 |
| Fiji | - | 575 | 1:1,552 | 418 |
| Vanuatu | - | 557 | 1:470 | 104 |
| Finland | 100% | 531 | 1:10,326 | 816 |
| Bahrain | - | 518 | 1:2,604 | 433 |
| Burkina Faso | 98% | 501 | 1:36,686 | 2,775 |
| Samoa | - | 456 | 1:428 | 122 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 425 | 1:636 | 149 |
| Bahamas | - | 405 | 1:986 | 248 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 376 | 1:61,372 | 4,292 |
| Jersey | 100% | 362 | 1:276 | 51 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Austria | 100% | 327 | 1:26,037 | 1,062 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 318 | 1:199 | 35 |
| South Korea | 100% | 311 | 1:17,828 | 1,794 |
| French Polynesia | - | 303 | 1:917 | 206 |
| Israel | 99% | 287 | 1:29,278 | 2,330 |
| Barbados | - | 286 | 1:1,013 | 236 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Romania | 100% | 279 | 1:71,871 | 3,545 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 269 | 1:26,903 | 1,462 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 267 | 1:666 | 85 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 266 | 1:89,360 | 11,046 |
| Guam | - | 251 | 1:640 | 113 |
| Lebanon | 97% | 242 | 1:23,254 | 1,633 |
| Guyana | 100% | 206 | 1:3,705 | 708 |
| Russia | 100% | 173 | 1:833,721 | 7,642 |
| Czechia | 100% | 169 | 1:63,054 | 933 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 169 | 1:42,319 | 3,922 |
| Greece | 100% | 166 | 1:65,871 | 2,094 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 161 | 1:8,061 | 1,114 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 159 | 1:3,547 | 440 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 151 | 1:362 | 52 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 149 | 1:411 | 50 |
| Belize | 100% | 145 | 1:2,444 | 554 |
| Gibraltar | - | 135 | 1:253 | 32 |
| Bermuda | - | 126 | 1:514 | 82 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 123 | 1:753 | 173 |
| Brunei | - | 110 | 1:3,814 | 398 |
| Iraq | 100% | 101 | 1:346,711 | 4,577 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 96 | 1:2,024,559 | 27,517 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 93 | 1:1,069 | 203 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 87 | 1:1,283 | 222 |
| Estonia | 100% | 83 | 1:15,848 | 1,495 |
| Lesotho | 98% | 73 | 1:27,945 | 3,308 |
| Aruba | - | 71 | 1:1,462 | 299 |
| Grenada | 100% | 69 | 1:1,567 | 333 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 68 | 1:510 | 75 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 63 | 1:1,742 | 356 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 63 | 1:1,470,208 | 2,960 |
| Albania | 100% | 62 | 1:49,138 | 4,509 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 50 | 1:652,470 | 9,656 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:1,046 | 122 |
| Monaco | 100% | 43 | 1:895 | 189 |
| Mongolia | - | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Hungary | 100% | 32 | 1:305,993 | 1,364 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 32 | 1:182 | 46 |
| Iceland | - | 31 | 1:11,807 | 1,007 |
| Turkey | 100% | 27 | 1:2,881,545 | 17,120 |
| Andorra | - | 26 | 1:3,188 | 334 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 25 | 1:709,874 | 8,915 |
| Greenland | - | 24 | 1:2,349 | 398 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Senegal | 100% | 23 | 1:633,972 | 7,404 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 19 | 1:1,645 | 365 |
| Macau | - | 18 | 1:33,789 | 454 |
| Nepal | 100% | 18 | 1:1,582,631 | 27,915 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 17 | 1:957,255 | 15,446 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 17 | 1:51,240 | 2,169 |
| Myanmar | - | 17 | 1:3,055,781 | 1,075 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Iran | - | 15 | 1:5,233,125 | 19,849 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 15 | 1:3,657 | 689 |
| Guinea | - | 14 | 1:847,046 | 3,181 |
| Ukraine | - | 14 | 1:3,249,993 | 6,792 |
| Micronesia | - | 13 | 1:8,192 | 561 |
| Dominica | - | 11 | 1:6,861 | 344 |
| Tunisia | - | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Lithuania | - | 9 | 1:327,987 | 2,126 |
| Nauru | 100% | 9 | 1:1,325 | 216 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 8 | 1:393 | 64 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Azerbaijan | 67% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Cuba | - | 6 | 1:1,917,759 | 4,898 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,188 | 985 |
| Maldives | - | 6 | 1:72,317 | 2,029 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| Latvia | - | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
The alternate forms: Jonathán (41), Jónathan (24), Jônathan (4), Jonáthan (2), Jònathan (1), Jónáthan (1) & Jònàthàn (1) are calculated separately.
Jonathan (157,952) may also be a surname.
Jonathan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah gave'. The name of the s. of Saul and friend of David. Jonathas (the Greek form) is found as a christian name in the 13th C, but its general use is subsequent to the Reformation.
Jonathas Curia Regis Rolls 1213.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew, ‘the Lord’s gift’: cf. Deodatus and Dorothy, qq. v. The friendship of Saul’s son with David did much to promote the use of the name, which is, now, seldom bestowed except in the United States: and even there it is falling into some disfavour because brother Jonathan has, since ca. 1802, become synonymous with uncle Sam. (R. H. Thornton, An American Glossary, 1912.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew יוֹנָתָן, Y’honathan; from Y’hov-nathán, the Lord gave, or given by Jehovah.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (masculine) - God’s grace, or God’s gift.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Jon'-a-than, given of God. 1. A Levite, and son of Gershom, and grandson of Moses. Judges xviii. 30. 2. The son of Saul, and sincere and steady friend of David. 1 Sam. xiii. 16, &c. 3. The son of Shage, the Hararite, one distinguished for bravery in David s army. 1 Chron. xi. 34. 4. The son of Shimes. 1 Chron. xx. 7. 5. The son of Asahel. Ezra x. 15. 6. The high-priest of the Jews. Neh. xii. 11. 7. A scribe, and keeper of the prisons in Jerusalem, under king Zedekiah. Jer. xxxvii. 15.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: Jehovah is giver.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: The Lord giveth: gift of Yahveh.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 72,621 (2014)
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