Jonas (2)

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Gender Masculine
Usage Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Biblical
Scripts Ἰωνᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. YOO-nas(Swedish)
 YO-nas(German)
 JO-nəs(English)
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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)) 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) Iona(Russian) Jonáš(Slovak) Yunus(Turkish) Younus(Urdu)
Surname DescendantsJonasen(Danish) Jonasson(Swedish)
Same SpellingJónás, Jónas, Jonáš, Jonas (1)
User SubmissionsJônas, Jonás, Jonàs

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Name Days

Czech Republic: September 27 (as Jonáš)
France: September 21
Hungary: November 12 (as Jónás)
Lithuania: June 24
Sweden: March 29

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