Gender Masculine
Scripts Ἰωνᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. YOO-nas(Swedish) YO-nas(German) YO-nahs(Dutch) JO-nəs(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Ἰωνᾶς (Ionas), the Greek form of Jonah. This spelling is used in some English translations of the New Testament.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesYunus(Arabic) Younes(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Yunis(Azerbaijani) Ionas(Biblical Greek) Yonah(Biblical Hebrew) Iona, Ionas(Biblical Latin) Jonáš(Czech) Jonah(English) Joonas(Estonian) Jónas(Faroese) Joona, Joonas(Finnish) Iona(Georgian) Yona, Yonah(Hebrew) Jónás(Hungarian) Jónas(Icelandic) Giona(Italian) Younes(Persian) Jonasz(Polish) Iona(Russian) Jonáš(Slovak) Jonás(Spanish) Yunus(Turkish) Younus(Urdu)
Surname DescendantsJonasen(Danish) Jonasson(Swedish)
User SubmissionsJônas, Jonàs

Popularity

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Name Days

Austria: September 21
Denmark: March 29
France: September 21
Norway: March 29
Sweden: March 29

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Entry updated April 23, 2024