Given name
Jonadab
“The Lord gives liberally”
Jonadab is a variant of Jehonadab. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord gives liberally.”
Original Hebrewיונדב
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jonadab is a variant of Jehonadab. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord gives liberally.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jonadab is a variant of Jehonadab. An origin associated with Jehonadab is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb nadab (נדב), “to willingly give.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jonadab appears in 2 Samuel 13:3, 2 Kings 10:15, Jeremiah 35:6.
- 2 Samuel 13:3
- 2 Kings 10:15
- Jeremiah 35:6
From biblical name research
Jonadab through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1996.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jonadab’s family of names
Jonadab has a related form in Jehonadab.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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