Given name & surname · also Latin
Jonáš
“dove”
Jonáš is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jonáš goes back to Hebrew יוֹנָה (yonáh), meaning “dove.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Jonáš comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Czech usage, Jonáš developed from Ἰωνᾶς.
Jonáš’s family of names
In Czech usage, Jonáš has a diminutive in Jonášek. In Czech usage, Jonáš developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰωνᾶς. In Slovak usage, Jonáš has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jonah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jonáš has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
7 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jonáš
- Jonáš ZáborskýSlovak poet, novelist, playwright, historian, journalist, evangelical and later Roman Catholic priest and theologian (1812-1876)
- Jonáš ForejtekCzech tennis playerborn 2001
- Jonáš MarečekCzech biathleteborn 2001
- Jonas Jeitteles(1735-1806)
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