Meaning & origin
What it means
Jonás goes back to Hebrew יוֹנָה, meaning “dove.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Jonás’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Jonás has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jonah. In Spanish usage, Jonás has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jonas. In Spanish usage, Jonás has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Jona.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jonás has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jonás
- Jonás GutiérrezArgentine footballerborn 1983
- Jonás RamalhoSpanish footballerborn 1993
- Jonás CuarónMexican film directorborn 1981
- Jonás FernándezSpanish politicianborn 1979
- Jonás TruebaSpanish film directorborn 1981
- Jonás AguirreArgentinian association football playerborn 1992
- Jonás Guerrero CoronaMexican priestborn 1946
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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