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Meaning of the nameJonathas

Jonathas is a spelling of the name Jônatas, which means “Yahweh gave”.

Meaning

“Yahweh gave”

Meaning of the name Jônatas, of which Jonathas is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Jonathan

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People (2022)
13,254
Rank in Brazil
#1,396
Median age
26 years
2010 Census
8,891
people

Jonathas in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jonathas, 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 (4,502 people).

69 women 13,185 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 Jonathas is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.015%
  2. Bahia 0.012%
  3. Pernambuco 0.011%
  4. Paraíba 0.011%
  5. Sergipe 0.011%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,9970.007%
Bahia1,7090.012%
Rio de Janeiro1,2360.008%
Minas Gerais1,1440.006%
Pernambuco9560.011%
Amazonas5880.015%
Rio Grande do Sul4990.005%
Paraíba4200.011%
Goiás3830.005%
Pará3800.005%
Paraná3530.003%
Ceará3150.004%
Alagoas2930.009%
Santa Catarina2700.004%
Distrito Federal2550.009%
Rio Grande do Norte2340.007%
Sergipe2320.011%
Espírito Santo1980.005%
Maranhão1970.003%
Piauí1880.006%
Mato Grosso1110.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul930.003%
Tocantins650.004%
Rondônia600.004%
Acre300.004%
Roraima260.004%
Amapá220.003%

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

The spelling Jonathas

It keeps the TH, as in the Latin form Jonathas recorded by Wiktionary, and needs no accent.

About the name Jônatas

Wiktionary records Jônatas as the Brazilian spelling of the name equivalent to English Jonathan, who in the Bible is the son of King Saul; Jónatas is the form used in Portugal. Behind the Name gives Jônatas as the Brazilian form of Jonathan and translates the Hebrew Yehonatan, contracted to Yonatan, as 'Yahweh gave', from yeho, a reference to God, and natan, 'to give'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Jonathas and Jhonatas among the spelling variants of Jonatas. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 57,284 people named Jônatas, with a peak among those born in the 1990s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia.

Other spellings of Jônatas

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jônatas57,284
Jonathas13,254
Jhonatas11,016

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Jônatas · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Jonathan · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jonatas · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  4. Wiktionary: Jonathas (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Jonathas

What does the name Jonathas mean?

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

How many people are named Jonathas in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,254 people with the first name Jonathas, which ranks it number 1,396 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jonathas is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 69 women and 13,185 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jonathas?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jonathas most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.015% of the state's population is named Jonathas (588 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jonathas?

Jônatas and Jhonatas. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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