Jonas

See also Jónas, Jónás, and Jonáš

English

Proper noun

Jonas

1. A male given name of Biblical derivation; the New Testament Greek form of Jonah.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Matthew 12:40:

     For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Anagrams

• Jason
• sanjo

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Danish

Etymology

From Biblical Jonas (=Jonah), also used as a medieval Latinization of Danish Jon (“John”).

Proper noun

Jonas

1. (biblical) Jonah.
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• (surnames) Jonassen, Jonasen

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 583 males with the given name Jonas have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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German

Proper noun

Jonas

1. (biblical) Jonah.
2. A male given name of biblical origin.

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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Jonas m

1. A male given name, cognate and equivalent to John.

Declension

    declension of Jonas

nominative	Jonas
genitive	Jono
dative	Jonui
accusative	Joną
instrumental	Jonu
locative	Jone
vocative	Jonai

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin, from Hebrew, cognate with the English Jonas and Jonah.

Proper noun

Jonas

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• The most common given name of boys born in Norway in the 2000-2009 decade.

Related terms

• (male given names) Jona
• (surnames) Jonassen

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 12 087 males with the given name Jonas living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Swedish

Etymology

From The Ancient Greek Equivalent of English Jonah, ultimately from Hebrew, also a short form of Johannes. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1303.

Proper noun

Jonas

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Jona
• (surnames) Jonasson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 59 573 males with the given name Jonas living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.