Given name
Jehonathan
“Yah has given”
Jehonathan is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיונתן
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jehonathan means “Yah has given.”
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Where it comes from
Jehonathan is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb natan (נתן), “to give.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jehonathan appears in 1 Samuel 13:2.
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Jehonathan’s family of names
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Spellings & scripts 1
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Similar names
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Jehozadak
“Yah has justified” · “Yah is righteous”
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Jehoiada
“yahu knows”
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Jechoniah
“Yah establishes” · “the Lord will establish”
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Elizaphan
“God hides” · “God has protected”
90% boys · 10% girls
Jehoram
“Yah is high”
>99% boys
Jehiah
“Yah lives”
>99% boys