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Jonas

What does Jonas mean?

Jonas Pronunciation of Jonas as a boys' name is a Hebrew name, and Jonas means "dove". Jonas is a variant form of Jonah (Hebrew). See also Yonas

STARTS WITH Jo-

Variations

RELATION VIA JONAH Jonasco

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Janas, ..

(female) Joma, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jonas Jet (J.J.), ..

How popular is Jonas?

Jonas is a somewhat prominent first name for males (#816 out of 1220, Top 67%) and an even more prominent last name for all people (#3800 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Jonas reached its apex rank of #274 in the U.S. in the year 2008, and is at #437 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jonas name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Jonas outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Jonah (#145 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) is the only other popular alternative form of Jonas (#437) ranked in the Top 2000. Adoption of these relations of Jonas was widespread among parents in the year 2008 (USAGE OF 0.2%) and has remained as widespread to this day (USAGE 0.2%, 9.4%). Jonah is the most chic birth name here.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jonas, Jonah in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Jonas, Jonah outside U.S.

Similar Names

Jonas is pronounced similarly to Janos, Janus, Janusz and Junius. Other recommended sound-alike names are Boas, Colas, Janak, Janan, Jens, Joab, Joao, Joash, Johan, Johar, Jomal, Jomar, Jon, Jona, Jones, Jonn, Jonny, Jontae, Jonte, Joos, Joram, Joran, Joris, Josias, Joss, Jovan, Judas, Rodas, Tomas and Zenas. These names tend to be less commonly used than Jonas.

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