Given name
Jónas
Jónas is a masculine given name. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Jónas’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Jónas shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Jonas. In Icelandic usage, Jónas has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jonah. In Icelandic usage, Jónas has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jonas.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jónas has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jónas
- Jónas HallgrímssonIcelandic writer (1807–1845)
- Jónas Tór NæsDanish footballerborn 1986
- Jónas KristjánssonIcelandic scholar (1924-2014)
- Jónas JónssonIcelandic politician1885–1968
- Jónas ÁsgeirssonIcelandic ski jumper and nordic combined skier (1920-1996)
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