Given name & surname
Yonas
“resembling a dove”
Yonas is a variant of Yonah. In Hebrew use, Yonah carries the interpretation “resembling a dove.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yonas is a variant of Yonah. In Hebrew use, Yonah carries the interpretation “resembling a dove.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yonas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 416
- 416 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,653 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,653 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,561 as a first name in 2020; 781 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Yonas
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