Given name & surname · also Latin
Joonas
“dove, pigeon”
Joonas is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Joonas goes back to Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה (yonáh), meaning “dove, pigeon.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Joonas comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Iōnās, from Koine Greek Ἰωνᾶς, from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה (yonáh, “dove, pigeon”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Joonas’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Joonas has an affectionate form in JONNE. In Estonian usage, Joonas has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jonah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Joonas
- Joonas SuotamoFinnish basketball player and actorborn 1986
- Joonas KolkkaFinnish footballerborn 1974
- Joonas TammEstonian association football player (born 1992)
- Joonas KemppainenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1988
- Joonas KokkonenFinnish composer (1921–1996)
- Joonas KorpisaloFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1994
- Joonas NättinenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1991
- Joonas DonskoiFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1992
- Joonas HenttalaFinnish cyclistborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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