Meaning of the nameJhonatam

Jhonatam is a spelling of the name Jonatam, which means “Yahweh gave”.

Meaning

“Yahweh gave”

Meaning of the name Jonatam, of which Jhonatam is a spelling.

People (2022): 1,782
Rank in Brazil: #5,545
Median age: 23 years
2010 Census: 1,656; people

Jhonatam in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jhonatam, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (675 people).

20 women 1,762 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 Jhonatam is most common

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

Goiás 0.002%
Paraná 0.002%
Pará 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	314	0.001%
Minas Gerais	224	0.001%
Paraná	202	0.002%
Goiás	137	0.002%
Pará	111	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	103	0.001%
Espírito Santo	88	0.002%
Mato Grosso	82	0.002%
Maranhão	66	0.001%
Santa Catarina	63	0.001%
Pernambuco	47	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	42	0.002%
Bahia	41	0.000%
Ceará	41	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	33	0.000%
Amazonas	31	0.001%
Alagoas	26	0.001%
Rondônia	26	0.002%
Amapá	22	0.003%
Paraíba	18	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	15	0.001%

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

The spelling Jhonatam

It is the most common spelling in the group, with h after the J. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

About the name Jonatam

Behind the Name explains Jonathan as the Hebrew name Yehonatan, formed from Yahweh and the verb 'to give', 'Yahweh gave', and lists Jônatas as the Brazilian Portuguese form. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Jonatam, Jhonatam and Jonatham among the spelling variants of Jonatan, which also includes Jonathan. The Portuguese Wiktionary lists Jônatas as the biblical name of the son of King Saul. The three spellings in the group end in -m and differ by the h after the J or the t. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,521 people named Jonatam, with a median age of 25.

Other spellings of Jonatam

Spelling	People (2022)
Jhonatam	1,782
Jonatam	1,521
Jonatham	1,194

Sources

Behind the Name: Jonathan · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jonatan · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Jônatas · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Jhonatam

What does the name Jhonatam mean?

Jhonatam means “Yahweh gave”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Jonatam, of which Jhonatam is a spelling.

How many people are named Jhonatam in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,782 people with the first name Jhonatam, which ranks it number 5,545 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jhonatam is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 20 women and 1,762 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jhonatam?

Jhonatam is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jhonatam most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.002% of the state's population is named Jhonatam (137 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jhonatam?

Jonatam and Jonatham. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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