Meaning of the nameJohnatan

Johnatan is a spelling of the name Jonatan, which means “'Yahweh gave' (God gave), from Hebrew”.

Meaning

“'Yahweh gave' (God gave), from Hebrew”

Meaning of the name Jonatan, of which Johnatan is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Jonathan · Wiktionary: Jonathan

People (2022): 3,745
Rank in Brazil: #3,345
Median age: 26 years
2010 Census: 2,696; people

Johnatan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Johnatan, 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 (1,907 people).

0 women 3,732 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 Johnatan is most common

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

Distrito Federal 0.005%
Goiás 0.003%
Ceará 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.002%
Paraná 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	718	0.002%
Minas Gerais	474	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	289	0.002%
Goiás	237	0.003%
Paraná	232	0.002%
Ceará	230	0.003%
Pernambuco	151	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	147	0.001%
Distrito Federal	146	0.005%
Santa Catarina	137	0.002%
Bahia	132	0.001%
Maranhão	121	0.002%
Pará	104	0.001%
Espírito Santo	91	0.002%
Paraíba	81	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	81	0.003%
Alagoas	71	0.002%
Sergipe	67	0.003%
Amazonas	49	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	44	0.002%
Acre	32	0.004%
Mato Grosso	28	0.001%
Piauí	25	0.001%
Tocantins	24	0.002%
Amapá	15	0.002%

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

The spelling Johnatan

It includes the H after the O, imitating the beginning of the English John.

About the name Jonatan

Jonatan and Jonathan come from Hebrew Yehonatan, contracted to Yonatan, 'Yahweh gave', formed by yeho, a reference to the Hebrew God, and natan, 'to give', according to Behind the Name; in the Old Testament, it is the name of Saul's eldest son. Wiktionary translates the Hebrew as 'God gave' and records Jonathan in Portuguese as a borrowing from English. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 48,324 people named Jonatan, with a median age of 25. Jhonatan, Jhonathan and Johnatan are among the written variants that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists for Jonatan.

Other spellings of Jonatan

Spelling	People (2022)
Jonathan	81,734
Jhonatan	61,691
Jonatan	48,324
Jhonathan	9,633
Johnatan	3,745

Sources

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

Questions about the name Johnatan

What does the name Johnatan mean?

Johnatan means “'Yahweh gave' (God gave), from Hebrew”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Jonatan, of which Johnatan is a spelling.

How many people are named Johnatan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,745 people with the first name Johnatan, which ranks it number 3,345 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Johnatan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,732 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Johnatan?

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

In which Brazilian state is Johnatan most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.005% of the state's population is named Johnatan (146 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Johnatan?

Jonathan, Jhonatan, Jonatan and Jhonathan. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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