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Meaning of the nameJonatam

Jonatam is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, a spelling of Jonathan, which means 'Yahweh gave' and also appears as Jhonatam and Jonatham.

Meaning

“Yahweh gave”

Source: Behind the Name: Jonathan

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People (2022)
1,521
Rank in Brazil
#6,194
Median age
25 years
2010 Census
3,667
people

Jonatam in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jonatam, 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 (670 people).

0 women 1,516 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 Jonatam is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3170.001%
Rio Grande do Sul2220.002%
Paraná1460.001%
Rio de Janeiro1360.001%
Santa Catarina1360.002%
Minas Gerais1000.001%
Pernambuco610.001%
Goiás540.001%
Pará500.001%
Mato Grosso470.001%
Bahia440.000%
Espírito Santo390.001%
Rio Grande do Norte260.001%
Ceará220.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul200.001%
Amazonas190.001%
Paraíba160.000%
Maranhão150.000%

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

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.

Spelling without h and with the ending -m.

Other spellings of Jonatam

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jhonatam1,782
Jonatam1,521
Jonatham1,194

Sources

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

Questions about the name Jonatam

What does the name Jonatam mean?

Jonatam means “Yahweh gave”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Jonatam in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,521 people with the first name Jonatam, which ranks it number 6,194 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jonatam is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,516 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Jonatam?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jonatam most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Jonatam (222 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jonatam?

Jhonatam and Jonatham. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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