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Jonathan
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English
Etymology
en he יְהוֹנָתָן yəhōnāṯān, he יוֹנָתָן yōnāṯān God has given, apparently with influence from arc.
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθən/ RP
en /ˈd͡ʒɑnəθən/ GA,dialects of Canada
en /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθɪn/ CA,dialects of the US
en /ˈd͡ʒɔnəθɪn/ AU
en en-au-Jonathan.ogg Queensland
en Jon a than
Proper noun
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en Q74891en biblical character A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
1 Samuel 18 1:
And it came to pass, when he had made an end to speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Jonathan Apphus, a son of Mattathias, brother of Joannan Caddis, Simon Thassi, Judas Maccabeus and Eleazar Avara.
1 Maccabees 9 19 Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin.
en male Hebrew of biblical origin.
1936 Frank O'Connor, In The Train. The Stories of Frank O’Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166:
“Well indeed,” said Foley, “’tis a mystery to me how the sergeant puts up with her. If any woman up and called me an outlandish name like Jonathan when everyone knew my name was plain John I’d do fourteen days for her - by God, I would, and a calendar month.”
en 1998 Barbara Vine The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy 0670879274 168 So I’d change to names I really like. I mean, Jonathan. If I ever have a son I’m going to call him Jonathan, so I’d have that. And then I like monosyllabic surnames that aren’t too common, so I’d have Dean or Bell or King. There you are, how about Jonathan King?
en Phil Rosenthal Who’s really interested in the second Most Interesting Man, Dos Equis? w:Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/03/10/whos-really-interested-in-the-second-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/ 2016-03-10 It is billed as a one-way trip, which by definition will make the Most Interesting Man, played till now by 77-year-old Jonathan Goldsmith, no longer the most interesting man in this world. https://web.archive.org/web/20250830214348/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/03/10/whos-really-interested-in-the-second-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/
en Hebrew.
Derived terms
en Jonagold
Related terms
nonstandard spellings: en Jonathon, en Johnathan
pet forms: en Jon, en Jonty, en Jonny, en Nathan
Translations
biblical character
Arabic: ar يُونَاثَان m, ar جُونَاثَان m
Armenian: hy Յովնաթան, hy Հովնաթան
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 約拿單
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Yonatani
Coptic: cop ⲓⲱⲛⲁⲑⲁⲛ
Danish: da Jonatan
Estonian: et Joonatan
Faroese: fo Jónatan m
Finnish: fi Jonatan
French: fr Jonathan
German: de Jonathan m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰωνάθαν, grc Ἰωνᾱ́θης m
Hebrew: he יְהוֹנָתָן yhonatán
Italian: it Gionata
Korean: ko ^요나단
Latin: la Jonathan, la Jonathas, la Iōnāthās m
Māori: mi Honatana
Norwegian: no Jonatan
Polish: pl Jonatan m
Portuguese: pt Jónatas m Portugal, pt Jônatas m Brazil
Romanian: ro Ionatan m
Russian: ru Ионафа́н m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ianatan m
Spanish: es Jonatán
Swedish: sv Jonatan
Yiddish: yi יונתן m yoynesen
male given name
Arabic: ar جُونَاثَان m
Armenian: hy Յովնաթան, hy Հովնաթան
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 喬納森 Qiáonàsēn
Czech: cs Jonatán
Danish: da Jonathan
Estonian: et Joonatan
Faroese: fo Jónatan m
Finnish: fi Joonatan
French: fr Jonathan
German: de Jonathan m
Greek: el Τζόναθαν transliteration from English, el Ιωαναθάν, el Ιωναθάν, el Ιωνάθαν, el Ιωνάθανος, el Ιωνάθας
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰωνάθαν, grc Ἰωνᾱ́θης m
Hebrew: he יְהוֹנָתָן yhonatán, he יוֹנָתָן yonatán
Italian: it Gionata
Latin: la Iōnāthās m, la Iōnāthān m
Norwegian: no Jonathan
Polish: pl Jonatan m
Portuguese: pt Jónatas m Portugal, pt Jônatas m Brazil, pt Jonathan m
Romanian: ro Ionatan m
Russian: ru Джо́натан m transliteration
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ianatan m
Spanish: es Jonatán
Swedish: sv Jonatan
Yiddish: yi יונתן m yoynesen
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Jonathan is the 39004th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 565 individuals. Jonathan is most common among White (41.95%), Asian/Pacific Islander (16.64%), Black/African American (15.75%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.27%) individuals.
Noun
en Q494446 en Apple cultivars An apple cultivar from New York.
en 4H column: Join the Great Lakes Apple Crunch Chillicothe Gazette Oct 4, 2018 For example, Jonathans are tart and great for baking.
en dated slang An American; a Yank; Brother Jonathan.
en 1822 w:Lord Byron w:The Vision of Judgement stanza 59 Here crashed a sturdy oath of stout John Bull,Who damned away his eyes as heretofore;There Paddy brogued “By Jasus!”—“What’s your Wull?”The temperate Scot exclaimed; the French Ghost sworeIn certain terms I shan’t translate in full,As the first Coachman will; and midst the roarThe voice of Jonathan was heard to express,“Our president is going to war, I guess.”—
en 2014 Francis Hodge Yankee Theatre: The Image of America on the Stage, 1825–1850 The best single source of comment on Marble's capacities as a low comedian, as with the other Yankees, is the record of his London reception. One viewer thought it was not as outrageous as Jonathans usually are,
en slang penis
en Thesaurus:penis
Translations
apple cultivar
Hebrew: he יוֹנָתָן yonatán
Japanese: ja 紅玉 kōgyoku
Romanian: ro ionatan m
Further reading
en eponyms surnames from given names
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male, the modern spelling of biblical Jonatan
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Jonathan.wav
Proper noun
m
en Jonathan Biblical character
fr male
fr Biblical characters
German
Alternative forms
de Jonatan Biblical character, ecumenical
de Jonathas dated
Pronunciation
de [ˈjoːnaˌtaːn]
de De-at Jonathan.ogg Austria
de De-Jonathan.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Jo na than
Proper noun
de proper noun
Jonathan Biblical character
de male
Proper noun
de proper noun
de dated de Jonathas acc
de Biblical characters
Latin
Alternative forms
la Ionatan Ionathas
Pronunciation
1 1 1
Jonathān 1 1 1
Proper noun
Jonathan m 1
en Jonathan Biblical character
Proper noun
la noun form Jonathān
la Jonathās acc
la Biblical characters
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male, a modern spelling of Jonatan
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Jonathan + 1
Pronunciation
Djônatan,Jônatan
Proper noun
m
pt male English Jonathan
Related terms
pt Jónatas, pt Jônatas
Spanish
Etymology
es :ubor en:Jonathan + 1
Pronunciation
yónatan +
Proper noun
m
es male Jonathan English < Hebrew
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Jonathan.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male Jonatan