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Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Template:Infobox given name Jonathan (Template:Langx, Standard: Yehōnatan/Yōnatan, Tiberian: Yŏhōnāṯān/Yōnāṯān[1]) is a common name given to males which means "YHWH has given" in Hebrew.[2][3] The earliest known use of the name was in the Bible; one Jonathan was the son of King Saul, a close friend of David.
Variants of Jonathan include Jonatan, Djonathan. Biblical variants include Yehonathan, Y'honathan, Yhonathan, Yonathan, Yehonatan, Yonatan, Yonaton, Yonoson, Yeonoson or Yehonasan. In Israel, "Yoni" is a common nickname for Yonatan (Jonathan) in the same way Jonny is in English.[4]
The name was the 31st-most-popular boys' name in the United States in 2011, according to the SSA.[5]
List of alternatives
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- Spanish: Jonatán, Yónathan
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- Tigrinya: ዮናታን
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People
Jonathan is a common given name. People with the name include:
- Jonathan Amaral, known as Jonathan Gaming (born 2002), Indian professional esports player
- Jonathan Antoine (born 1995), English classically trained tenor
- Jonathan Aspropotamitis (born 1996), Australian professional footballer
- Jonathan Asselin (born 1958), Canadian equestrian
- Jonathan Bailey (born 1988), English actor
- Jonny Bairstow (born 1989), English cricketer
- Jonathan Banks (born 1947), American actor
- Jonathan Barnet (1677/78–1745), English privateer in the Caribbean
- Jonathan Barry (born 1988), Bahamian cricketer
- Jonathan Bartley (born 1971), British politician, former co-leader of the Green Party
- Jon Bernthal (born 1976), American actor
- Jonathan Bilbao (born 1999), Venezuelan-Peruvian footballer
- Jonathan Borlee (born 1988), Belgian athlete
- Jonathan Brewer (born 1987), American football coach
- Jonny Brownlee (born 1990), British triathlete
- Jonny Buckland (born 1977), British musician
- Jonathan Castroviejo (born 1987), Spanish cyclist
- Jonathan Chan (born 1997), Singaporean former diver
- Jonathan Cheung (born 1981), Chinese actor
- Jonathan Chu (tennis) (born 1983), American former professional tennis player
- Jonathan Conricus (born 1979), Israeli IDF Lieutenant-Colonel (ret), IDF International Spokesperson
- Jonathan Copete, (born 1988), Colombian footballer
- Jonathan Cuenú (born 1986), Colombian footballer
- Jonathan Dakin (born 1973), English cricketer
- Jonathan David (born 2000), professional soccer player
- Jonathan Davies (born 1988), Welsh rugby union player
- Jonathan Demme (1944–2017), American Academy Award-winning director
- Jonathan Dickinson (1663–1722), merchant from Port Royal, Jamaica
- Jonathan Dickinson (1688–1747), co-founder and first president of the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University)
- Jonathan Dimbleby (born 1944), British presenter
- Jonathan dos Santos (born 1990), Mexican professional footballer
- Jonathan Edwards (born 1966), British triple-jumper
- Jonathan Emile (born 1986), Jamaican Canadian singer, rapper, record producer and cancer survivor
- Jonathan Erlich (born 1977), Israeli former professional tennis player
- Jonathan Escoffery, American writer
- Jonny Evans (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer
- Jonathan Farinha (born 1996), Trinidadian sprinter
- Jon Favreau (born 1966), American filmmaker and actor
- Jonathan Fox (born 1991), British Paralympic swimmer
- Jonathan Glazer (born 1965), English director
- Jonathan Goble, an American Baptist minister and missionary
- Jonny Greenwood (born 1971), English musician
- Jonathan Groff (born 1985), American stage actor
- Jonathan de Guzman (born 1987), Canadian-born Dutch footballer
- Jonathan Haidt (born 1963), American social psychologist and author
- Jon Hamm (born 1971), American actor
- Jonny Howson (born 1988), English footballer
- Jonathan Igbinovia (born 1980), Nigerian tennis player
- Jonathan India (born 1996), American professional baseball infielder
- Jonathan Joseph (born 1991), English rugby union player
- Jonathan Joss (1965–2025), American actor
- Jonathan Kim (born 1960), South Korean film producer
- Jonathan Kings, New Zealand diplomat
- Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver (born 1981), American mixed martial artist known as War Machine
- Jonathan LaPaglia (born 1969), Australian actor and television personality
- Jonathan Larson (1960–1996), American composer, lyricist and playwright
- Jonathan Lear (1948–2025), American philosopher and psychoanalyst
- Jon Lewis (born 1975), English cricketer and coach
- Jonathan Lipnicki (born 1990), American child actor
- Jonathan Maicelo (born 1983), Peruvian professional boxer
- Jonathan Majors (born 1989), American actor
- Jonathan Malaya, Filipino writer, author, businessman, and public official
- Jonathan Marray (born 1981), English tennis player
- Jonathan Mexique (born 1995), footballer
- Jonathan Miramontes (born 1988), Mexican footballer
- Jonathan Moreira (born 1986), Brazilian professional footballer
- Jon Moss (born 1970), English football referee
- Jonathan Nolan (born 1976), British-American screenwriter
- Jonathan Osorio (born 1992), Canadian professional soccer player
- Jonathan Paget (born 1983), New Zealand equestrian
- Jonathan Pryce (born 1947), Welsh actor
- Jonathan Rea (born 1987), Northern Irish motorcycle racer
- Jonty Rhodes (born 1969), South African cricketer
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 1977), Irish actor
- Jonathan Ross (born 1960), English broadcaster
- Jonathan Roy (born 1989), Canadian pop singer and songwriter
- Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746–1793), American politician
- Johnny Sexton (born 1985), Irish rugby union player
- J. K. Simmons (born 1955), American actor
- Jon Snow (born 1947), English journalist and television presenter
- Jonathan Stedall (1938–2022), English television producer and documentary filmmaker
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish author
- Jonathan Tayar (born 1988), Canadian chess player
- Jonathan Trott (born 1981), South African-born English cricketer
- Jonathan Van-Tam (born 1964), British healthcare professional
- Jon Voigt (born 1938), American actor
- Jonathan Watson, Scottish actor
- Jonathan Welsh (1947–2005), Canadian actor
- Jonathan Wentz (1990–2012), American Paralympic equestrian competitor
- Jonathan Wilkes (born 1978) English television presenter, entertainer and singer
- Jonathan Winters (1925-2013) American comedian, actor, and artist
- Jonathan Wong (born 1986), Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and producer
- Jonathan Woodgate (born 1980), English footballer
- Jonathan Yardley (born 1939), American author and book critic
See also
- For the Israeli moshav, see Yonatan, Golan Heights
- Johnathan, alternate uncommon spelling name
- Jonathon, another alternate spelling
- Jonathan (disambiguation)
- John (given name)
- Nathaniel, for a name with a similar root and meaning
- Johnathon, alternate uncommon spelling name
References
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- ↑ Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, p. 147.
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- ↑ Popularly Baby Names, Social Security Online
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