Jonathan

A male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God gave.”.

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Jonathan (Hebrew: יְהוֹנָתָן/יוֹנָתָן‎, Standard Yonatan / Yəhonatan Tiberian Yônāṯān) is a common male given name meaning "YHWH has given" in Hebrew. The earliest known use of the name was in Hebrew Bible; for example, one Jonathan was the son of King Saul, a close friend of David. The name's origin, Yonatan, is a popular masculine Israeli name, appearing in the Hebrew Bible.
Variants of Jonathan include Jonathon, Johnathan, Jonothon, Jonothan, Johnathen, Johnathon, Jhonathan and Jhonnathan. Biblical variants include Yehonathan, Y'honathan, Yhonathan, Yonathan, Yonatan, Yonaton, Yonoson, Yeonoson or Yehonasan. In Israel, "Yoni" is a common nickname for Yonatan (Jonathan) in the same way Jonny is for Jonathan in English.
The name was the 31st most popular boys' name in the United States in 2011, according to the SSA.
Nicknames include Jonny, Jon, Jono, Jon Boy and Jona. In the past, Jo and Jonty were common diminutives of Jonathan in the United Kingdom but this is much rarer now.
Names with similar meanings include Theodosius in Greek and Bogdan/Bozhidar in Slavonic.

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Masc. proper name, biblical son of Saul, from Hebrew Yonathan, short for Yehonathan, literally "the Lord has given" (compare Nathan). Also compare (see John. As a pre-Uncle Sam emblem of the United States, sometimes personified as Brother Jonathan, it dates from 1816. Traditionally it is said to be from George Washington's use of it in reference to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull Sr. of Connecticut (1710-1785), to whom he sometimes turned for advice (see II Samuel i.26); hence "a New Englander," and eventually "an American." But this story is only from the mid-19c. and is not supported by the record. There is some evidence that Loyalists and British soldiers used Jonathan to refer to the Americans in the Revolution, perhaps because it was a common New England name at the time (see Albert Matthews, "Brother Jonathan Once More," Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Transactions, 32 (1935), p. 374). As a variety of red apple it dates from 1831, so called because it was introduced in the U.S.

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God has given, gift of God.

Johnathon, Jehonathan, Yhonatan, Yonathan, Yehonatan, Yonoson, Yonatan, Yehonathan, Yehonoson, Jonathon, Jonny, Nathan, Jonathano, Jono, Nathaniel, Jon, Jonty

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	1981	Actor
2	Jonathan Brandis	1976	Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
3	Jonathan Groff	1985	American actor and singer
4	Jonathan Rhys Meyers	1977	Irish actor
5	Jonathan Banks	1947	American actor
6	Jonathan Pryce	1947	Welsh actor
7	Jonathan Cheban	1974	American businessman
8	Jonathan Nolan	1976	British-American screenwriter, television producer, director and author
9	Jonathan Lavine	1966	American businessman
10	Jonathan Bennett	1981	American actor
11	Jonathan Frakes	1952	Actor, director
12	Jonathan Swift	1667	Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet
13	Jonathan Ive	1967	English designer and VP of Design at Apple
14	Goodluck Jonathan	1957	President of Nigeria
15	Jonathan Goldsmith	1938	Actor
16	Jonathan Davis	1971	Heavy metal singer, frontman for Korn
17	Jonathan Demme	1944	American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter
18	Jonathan Lipnicki	1990	American actor
19	Jonathan Ross	1960	English television and radio presenter
20	Jonathan Ke Quan	1971	Vietnamese actor
21	Jonathan Jackson	1982	Actor
22	Jonathan Winters	1925	American comedian, actor, and artist
23	Jonathan Toews	1988	Canadian professional ice hockey centre
24	Jonathan Hyde	1948	Australian-born English actor
25	Jonathan Tucker	1982	American actor
26	Jonathan Franzen	1959	Novelist
27	Jonathan Bush	1931	American banker
28	Jonathan Safran Foer	1977	Novelist
29	Jonathan Knight	1968	American singer, Real Estate developer
30	Jonathan Sadowski	1979	Actor
31	Jonathan Cain	1950	American musician
32	Jonathan Pollard	1954	U.S. civilian intelligence analyst turned Israeli spy
33	Jonathan Walters	1983	Irish footballer
34	Jonathan Gilbert	1968	American former television child actor
35	Jonathan Woodgate	1980	Professional footballer
36	Jonathan Harris	1914	American character actor
37	Jonathan Silverman	1966	American actor
38	Jonathan Papelbon	1980	American professional baseball pitcher
39	Jonathan dos Santos	1990	A Mexican footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for FC Barcelona
40	Jonathan Pie		Fictitious British news reporter, created and played by British actor and comedian Tom Walker
41	Jonathan Crombie	1966	Canadian actor
42	Jonathan Calleri	1993	Argentinian football player
43	Jonathan King	1944	English singer, songwriter, impresario, record producer and film director
44	Jonathan Kite	1979	American actor Actor
45	Jonathan Stewart	1987	Player of American football
46	Jonathan Larson	1960	American composer and playwright
47	Jonathan Torrens	1972	Canadian actor
48	Jonathan Richman	1951	American singer
49	Jonathan Tah	1996	German footballer
50	Jonathan Aris	1971	British actor
51	Jonathan Soriano	1985	Spanish footballer
52	Jonathan Scott	1978
53	Jonathan Coachman	1972	Sports anchor; professional wrestling commentator; professional wrestler; basketball player
54	Jonathan Togo	1977	Actor
55	Jonathan LaPaglia	1969	Australian actor
56	Jonathan de Guzmán	1987	Dutch footballer
57	Jonathan Kodjia	1989	Footballer
58	Jonathan Aitken	1942	Conservative Member of Parliament, former British government Cabinet minister
59	Jonathan Biabiany	1988	French footballer
60	Jonathan Cake	1967	English actor
61	Jonathan Antoine	1995	British singer
62	Jonathan Blow	1971	American video game designer
63	Jonathan Scarfe	1975	Canadian actor
64	Jonathan Haidt	1963	Ameican psycholgoist
65	Jonathan Bailey	1988	British actor
66	Jonathan Freeman	1950	American actor and voice actor
67	Wesley Jonathan	1978	American actor
68	Jonathan Firth	1967	British actor
69	Jonathan Drouin	1995	Canadian ice hockey player
70	Jonathan Breck	1965	American actor
71	Jonathan Benteke	1995	Footballer
72	Jonathan Sexton	1985	Irish rugby union player
73	Jonathan Martin	1989	American football offensive tackle
74	Jonathan Loughran	1966	American actor
75	Jonathan Coulton	1970	Singer and songwriter from the United Statest
76	Jonathan Kraft	1964	American businessman
77	Jonathan Cooper	1990	American football player, offensive lineman, guard
78	Jonathan Quick	1986	American ice hockey goaltender
79	Jonathan Vilma	1982	American football player, linebacker
80	Jonathan Wilkes	1978	English actor-singer
81	Jonathan Glazer	1965	British film director
82	Jonathan James	1983	American computer criminal
83	Jonathan Agnew	1960	Cricketer
84	Jonathan Keltz	1988	Film actor<br/>Television actor
85	Jonathan Bernier	1988	Canadian ice hockey goaltender
86	Jonathan S. Bush	1969	American businessman
87	Jonathan Cahn		American rabbi
88	Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere	1967	British viscount
89	Jonathan Frid	1924	Canadian actor, theatre director
90	Jonathan Lucroy	1986	Baseball player from the United States
91	Jonathan Dimbleby	1944	British television presenter and journalist
92	Jonathan Soros	1970	Business magnate
93	Jonathan Harker		Fictional character created by Bram Stoker
94	Jonathan Spector	1986	American soccer player
95	Jonathan Palmer	1956	Racecar driver
96	Jonathan Joseph	1991	English rugby union player
97	Jonathan Ogden	1974	American football player
98	Jonathan Archer		Fictional character from Star Trek: Enterprise
99	Jonathan Ames	1964	American novelist, memoirist
100	Jonathan Sacks	1948	British rabbi
101	Jonathan Levine	1976	Film director and screenwriter from the United States
102	Jonathan Mangum	1971	American actor
103	Jonathan Miller	1934	British director
104	Jonathan McDaniel	1985	American actor
105	Jonathan Daniel Brown	1989	American actor
106	Jonathan Melvoin	1961	Musician
107	Jonathan Lethem	1964	Novelist, essayist, short story writer
108	Jonathan Kerrigan	1972	British actor and composer
109	Jonathan Casillas	1987	American football player
110	Jonathan Slavin	1969	American actor
111	Jonathan Joss	1965	American actor
112	Jonathan Heimes	1990
113	Jonathan Gruber	1965	American health economist
114	Jonathan Trott	1981	English cricket player
115	Jonathan Leko	1999	Congolese association football player
116	Jonathan Liebesman	1976	South African film director
117	Jonathan Hickman	1972	Writer
118	Jonathan Kellerman	1949	Novelist, psychologist
119	Jonathan Cheechoo	1980	Canadian ice hockey player
120	Jonathan Bartley	1971	British theologian and Green politician
121	Jonathan Moss	1970	Football referee
122	Jonathan Rea	1987	British motorcycle racer
123	Jonathan Schoop	1991	Baseball player
124	Jonathan Greening	1979	English footballer
125	Jonathan Pearce	1959	British football commentator
126	Jonathan Beck	1991	German actor
127	Jonathan Horton	1985	American gymnast
128	Jonathan Penner	1962	American actor
129	Jonathan Wrather	1969	British actor
130	Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV	1883	United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
131	Jonathan Wilson	1974	American singer-songwriter
132	Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford	1960	British Conservative politician
133	Jonathan Del Arco	1966	American actor
134	Jonathan Islas	1979	Actor
135	Jonathan Cafú	1991	Brazilian footballer
136	Jonathan Lynn	1943	Film director
137	Jonathan Higgins
138	Jonathan Brookins	1985	American martial artist
139	Jonathan Katz	1946	Comedian, actor
140	Jonathan Antin	1967	Businessman
141	Jonathan Craven	1965	American actor
142	Jonathan Butler	1961	South African musician
143	Jonathan Wild	1683	18th century English criminal
144	Jonathan Scott-Taylor	1962	British actor
145	Jonathan Roberts	1974	Ballroom dancer and choreographer
146	Jonathan Isaac	1997
147	Jonathan Mensah	1990	Ghanaian footballer
148	Jonathan Turley	1961	Professor of law
149	Jonathan Chase	1979	American actor
150	Jonathan Bender	1981	American basketball player
151	Jonathan Capehart	1967	American journalist
152	Jonathan Hensleigh	1959	American screenwriter and film director
153	Jonathan		Heroic figure in 1 Samuel
154	Jonathan Ollivier	1977	British ballet dancer
155	Jonathan Murray	1955	Television producer
156	Jonathan Davies	1962	1962 born rugby union and rugby league player for Wales and Great Britain
157	Jonathan Ward	1970	American actor
158	Jonathan Tropper	1970	American writer
159	Jonathan Allen	1995
160	Jonathan Chait	1972	American journalist
161	Jonathan Freedland	1967	British journalist
162	Jonathan Greenblatt		American businessman
163	Jonathan Duhamel	1987	Poker player
164	Jonathan D. Gray	1970	Businessperson
165	Jonathan Broxton	1984	Baseball player from the United States
166	Jonathan A.C. Brown	1977	American writer
167	Jonathan Lee Riches	1976	American fraudster
168	Jonathan Viera8	1989	Spanish footballer
169	Jonathan Daniels	1939	Episcopal seminarian
170	Jonathan Stroud	1970	British writer of fantasy fiction
171	Jonathan Mostow	1961	American film director, writer and producer
172	Jonathan Adler	1966	American interior designer
173	Jonathan Babineaux	1981	Player of American football
174	Jonathan Karl	1968	ABC News Chief White House Correspondent
175	Patience Jonathan	1957	First Lady of Nigeria and permanent secretary in Bayelsa
176	Jonathan Edwards	1946	American singer-songwriter and musician
177	Jonathan Goldstein	1969	Writer and Radio Producer
178	Jonathan Pitroipa	1986	Burkinabé footballer
179	Jonathan Meades	1947	British writer
180	Jonathan Cainer	1957	British astrologer
181	Jonathan Prince	1958	American actor
182	Jonathan Adams	1931	Film actor
183	Joyce Jonathan	1989	French singer
184	Jonathan Krisel		American television director, screenwriter and actor
185	Jonathan Douglas	1981	Irish footballer
186	Jonathan Rosenbaum	1943	American film critic
187	Jonathan Huberdeau	1993	Canadian ice hockey player
188	Jonathan Coe	1961	English novelist
189	Jonathan Morris	1972	American Roman Catholic priest
190	Jonathan Maberry	1958	Writer
191	Jonathan Kozol	1936	American activist and educator
192	Jonathan Castro Otto	1994	Spanish footballer
193	Jonathan Freeny	1989	American football player
194	Jonathan McReynolds	1989	Musician
195	Jonathan Osorio	1992	Footballer
196	Jonathan Cherry	1978	Canadian actor
197	Jonathan Zittrain	1969	American law professor
198	Jonathan Tisch	1953	American businessman
199	Jonathan Levinson		Character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
200	Jonathan Rodríguez	1993	Uruguayan footballer