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Meaning of the nameJhonatas

Jhonatas is a spelling of the name Jônatas, which means “Yahweh gave”.

Meaning

“Yahweh gave”

Meaning of the name Jônatas, of which Jhonatas is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Jonathan

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People (2022)
11,016
Rank in Brazil
#1,597
Median age
21 years
2010 Census
7,122
people

Jhonatas in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jhonatas, 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 (3,583 people).

66 women 10,950 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 Jhonatas is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.013%
  2. Amazonas 0.012%
  3. Piauí 0.011%
  4. Sergipe 0.009%
  5. Rondônia 0.009%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,2280.005%
Bahia1,8850.013%
Minas Gerais8920.004%
Pernambuco5940.007%
Pará5870.007%
Rio de Janeiro5340.003%
Amazonas4570.012%
Maranhão4370.006%
Goiás3960.006%
Paraná3520.003%
Piauí3430.011%
Ceará2660.003%
Espírito Santo2440.006%
Paraíba2320.006%
Alagoas2300.007%
Sergipe2020.009%
Rio Grande do Norte1980.006%
Santa Catarina1550.002%
Mato Grosso1420.004%
Rondônia1420.009%
Distrito Federal1320.005%
Tocantins1110.007%
Rio Grande do Sul710.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul590.002%
Acre510.006%
Amapá400.006%
Roraima360.006%

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

The spelling Jhonatas

It adds an H after the J, swaps the TH for T and needs no accent.

About the name Jônatas

Wiktionary records Jônatas as the Brazilian spelling of the name equivalent to English Jonathan, who in the Bible is the son of King Saul; Jónatas is the form used in Portugal. Behind the Name gives Jônatas as the Brazilian form of Jonathan and translates the Hebrew Yehonatan, contracted to Yonatan, as 'Yahweh gave', from yeho, a reference to God, and natan, 'to give'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Jonathas and Jhonatas among the spelling variants of Jonatas. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 57,284 people named Jônatas, with a peak among those born in the 1990s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia.

Other spellings of Jônatas

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jônatas57,284
Jonathas13,254
Jhonatas11,016

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Jônatas · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Jonathan · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jonatas · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  4. Wiktionary: Jonathas (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Jhonatas

What does the name Jhonatas mean?

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

How many people are named Jhonatas in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,016 people with the first name Jhonatas, which ranks it number 1,597 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jhonatas is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 66 women and 10,950 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jhonatas?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jhonatas most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.013% of the state's population is named Jhonatas (1,885 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jhonatas?

Jônatas and Jonathas. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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