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Meaning of the nameJonatan

Jonatan is a masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning 'Yahweh gave', a variant of Jonathan, a biblical name.

Meaning

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

Source: Behind the Name: Jonathan · Wiktionary: Jonathan

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People (2022)
48,324
Rank in Brazil
#579
Median age
25 years
2010 Census
72,380
people

Jonatan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jonatan, 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 (20,788 people).

276 women 48,048 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 Jonatan is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.053%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.052%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.034%
  4. Paraná 0.032%
  5. Alagoas 0.032%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo10,5540.024%
Rio Grande do Sul5,6110.052%
Rio de Janeiro4,9980.031%
Santa Catarina4,0560.053%
Paraná3,6680.032%
Minas Gerais3,6100.018%
Pernambuco2,1490.024%
Bahia1,9800.014%
Ceará1,1950.014%
Goiás1,0790.015%
Pará1,0510.013%
Alagoas9880.032%
Mato Grosso9830.027%
Mato Grosso do Sul9410.034%
Espírito Santo7950.021%
Rio Grande do Norte7490.023%
Maranhão6870.010%
Paraíba6420.016%
Amazonas5960.015%
Distrito Federal5040.018%
Sergipe3930.018%
Rondônia3430.022%
Piauí1890.006%
Amapá1740.024%
Tocantins1410.009%
Acre1390.017%
Roraima1090.017%

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

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.

A spelling without H, the simplest form in the group.

Other spellings of Jonatan

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jonathan81,734
Jhonatan61,691
Jonatan48,324
Jhonathan9,633
Johnatan3,745

Sources

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

Questions about the name Jonatan

What does the name Jonatan mean?

Jonatan means “'Yahweh gave' (God gave), from Hebrew”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Jonatan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 48,324 people with the first name Jonatan, which ranks it number 579 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jonatan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 276 women and 48,048 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jonatan?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jonatan most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.053% of the state's population is named Jonatan (4,056 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jonatan?

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

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