Surname

Jonaitis

“descendant of Jonas”

Jonaitis is a surname. It is used in Lithuanian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Jonaitis goes back to a word meaning “descendant of Jonas.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Lithuanian Jonas + -aitis.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jonaitis’s family of names

In Lithuanian usage, Jonaitis as a surname has a related form in Jonavičius.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Across languages 1

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