Jonas

See also: Ionas, Jónas, Jónás, Jonás, Jônas, and Jonáš

English

Etymology

From Latin Iōnās, from Koine Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה‎ (yônâ). Doublet of Jonah.

Proper noun

Jonas

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 12:40:

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     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, Jonsa, Sonja, sanjo

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.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Jonas, from Latin Iōnās, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoː.nɑs/

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• Hyphenation: Jo‧nas

Proper noun

Jonas m

1. (religion) Jonah.

   Synonym: Jona

2. a male given name

Derived terms

• jonassen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ.na/, /ʒɔ.nɑ/

Proper noun

Jonas m

1. (religion) Jonah

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoːnas/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈjoːnaːs/ (alternatively for the genitive of Jona)

Proper noun

Jonas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jonas')

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

Alternative forms

• Jona (now preferred for the prophet, less common as a given name)

Proper noun

Jonas

1. genitive of Jona

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯oː.naːs/, [ˈi̯oːnäːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjo.nas/, [ˈjɔːnäs]

Proper noun

Jōnās m sg (genitive Jōnae); first declension

1. alternative typography of Iōnās

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Jōnās
Genitive	Jōnae
Dative	Jōnae
Accusative	Jōnān
Ablative	Jōnā
Vocative	Jōnā

References

• “Jonas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Latvian

Proper noun

Jonas

1. (religion) Jonah.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Jonas m

1. John (biblical character).
2. a male given name, equivalent to English John

Declension

    declension of Jonas

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

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Jonas, Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew, cognate with the English Jonas and Jonah.

Proper noun

Jonas

1. a male given name
2. (religion) Jonah.

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
• [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.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iōnās, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יוֹנָה‎.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒõ.nɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒõ.nɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒõ.nɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒo.nas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔ.nɐʃ/

Proper noun

Jonas m

1. (biblical) Jonah (a book of the Old Testament)
2. (biblical) Jonah (prophet who was swallowed by a whale)
3. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jonah or Jonas

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːnas/

Proper noun

Jonas c (genitive Jonas)

1. a male given name
2. (religion) Jonah.

Related terms

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

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.

Anagrams

• Jason, Sonja, nojas

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Jonás.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Jo‧nas
• IPA^(key): /hoˈnas/, [hoˈnas]

Proper noun

Jonás (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜈᜐ᜔)

1. (religion) Jonah