Meaning of the nameJonas

Jonas is a male name of Hebrew origin, from yônâh, 'dove', which passed through Greek and Latin and is the name of the prophet Jonah in the Bible.

Meaning

“dove”

Source: Wiktionary: Jonas · Behind the Name: Jonah

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People (2022): 160,223
Rank in Brazil: #211
Median age: 31 years
2010 Census: 165,105; people

Jonas in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jonas, 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 (39,629 people).

933 women 159,290 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 Jonas is most common

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

Pará 0.113%
Amazonas 0.111%
Santa Catarina 0.110%
Acre 0.109%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.108%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	28,527	0.064%
Rio de Janeiro	12,458	0.078%
Rio Grande do Sul	11,708	0.108%
Minas Gerais	10,896	0.053%
Bahia	10,361	0.073%
Pará	9,202	0.113%
Pernambuco	8,627	0.095%
Ceará	8,395	0.096%
Santa Catarina	8,336	0.110%
Paraná	8,304	0.073%
Maranhão	6,563	0.097%
Amazonas	4,360	0.111%
Goiás	4,271	0.061%
Paraíba	3,722	0.094%
Espírito Santo	3,249	0.085%
Rio Grande do Norte	3,248	0.098%
Alagoas	2,907	0.093%
Mato Grosso	2,842	0.078%
Piauí	2,591	0.079%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,808	0.066%
Distrito Federal	1,798	0.064%
Rondônia	1,459	0.092%
Sergipe	1,369	0.062%
Tocantins	1,177	0.078%
Acre	906	0.109%
Amapá	571	0.078%
Roraima	568	0.089%

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

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.

This is the traditional spelling, without an H, and the most recorded in the group, with the most records among men born in the 1990s.

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 Jonas

What does the name Jonas mean?

Jonas means “dove”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Jonas in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 160,223 people with the first name Jonas, which ranks it number 211 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jonas is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 933 women and 159,290 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jonas?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jonas most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.113% of the state's population is named Jonas (9,202 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jonas?

Jhonas. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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