Meaning of the nameJhonas

Jhonas is a spelling of the name Jonas, which means “dove”.

Meaning

“dove”

Meaning of the name Jonas, of which Jhonas is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Jonas · Behind the Name: Jonah

People (2022): 2,036
Rank in Brazil: #5,055
Median age: 20 years
2010 Census: 1,377; people

Jhonas in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jhonas, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (537 people).

0 women 2,017 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jhonas is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jhonas in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Pará 0.002%
Maranhão 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.002%
Ceará 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	388	0.001%
Minas Gerais	183	0.001%
Pará	157	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	145	0.001%
Pernambuco	140	0.002%
Maranhão	113	0.002%
Bahia	108	0.001%
Ceará	106	0.001%
Paraná	94	0.001%
Goiás	68	0.001%
Paraíba	62	0.002%
Santa Catarina	51	0.001%
Amazonas	50	0.001%
Alagoas	45	0.001%
Distrito Federal	41	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	35	0.001%
Espírito Santo	34	0.001%
Piauí	33	0.001%
Mato Grosso	30	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	29	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	26	0.001%
Sergipe	26	0.001%
Rondônia	19	0.001%
Tocantins	19	0.001%
Acre	15	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Jhonas

It inserts an H after the J; the spelling has the most records among men born in the 2010s.

About the name Jonas

Wiktionary records Jonas as a learned borrowing from Latin Iōnās, from Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יוֹנָה, a word that the English entry translates as 'dove'. Behind the Name gives the same meaning for Jonah and presents it as the name of the prophet of the Book of Jonah, in the Old Testament. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Jhonas, Johnas, Jonhas and Jonnas among the spelling variants of Jonas. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 160,223 people named Jonas, almost always men, with a median age of 31; proportionally, the name is most common in Pará.

Other spellings of Jonas

Spelling	People (2022)
Jonas	160,223
Jhonas	2,036

Sources

Wiktionary: Jonas · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Jonah · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jonas · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Jhonas

What does the name Jhonas mean?

Jhonas means “dove”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Jonas, of which Jhonas is a spelling.

How many people are named Jhonas in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,036 people with the first name Jhonas, which ranks it number 5,055 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Jhonas a boy's or a girl's name?

Jhonas is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,017 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Jhonas?

Jhonas is a name of Hebrew, Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jhonas most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Jhonas (157 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jhonas?

Jonas. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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