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Meaning of the nameJonatham

Jonatham is a spelling of the name Jonatam, which means “Yahweh gave”.

Meaning

“Yahweh gave”

Meaning of the name Jonatam, of which Jonatham is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Jonathan

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People (2022)
1,194
Rank in Brazil
#7,348
Median age
25 years
2010 Census
1,147
people

Jonatham in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jonatham, 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 (534 people).

0 women 1,186 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 Jonatham is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2940.001%
Rio de Janeiro1360.001%
Minas Gerais1300.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1160.001%
Paraná900.001%
Santa Catarina620.001%
Bahia530.000%
Goiás380.001%
Pernambuco370.000%
Paraíba280.001%
Mato Grosso260.001%
Alagoas250.001%
Amazonas240.001%
Pará230.000%
Ceará190.000%
Espírito Santo190.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul170.001%

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

The spelling Jonatham

It has th in the middle and the ending -m.

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.

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 Jonatham

What does the name Jonatham mean?

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

How many people are named Jonatham in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,194 people with the first name Jonatham, which ranks it number 7,348 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jonatham is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,186 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Jonatham?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jonatham most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.001% of the state's population is named Jonatham (116 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jonatham?

Jhonatam and Jonatam. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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