Given name
Yonathan
“God has given”·“a gift of God”
Yonathan connects to the Jonathan name family through Yonatan. Interpretations include “God has given” and “a gift of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yonathan connects to the Jonathan name family through Yonatan. Interpretations include “God has given” and “a gift of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yonathan connects to the Jonathan name family through Yonatan. An origin associated with Jonathan is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yonathan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,455
- 1,455 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 68 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #4,388 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,388 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 68 in 2008. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,759 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yonathan’s family of names
Yonathan has a related form in Yonatan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yonathan
- Yonathan Del ValleVenezuelan association footballerborn 1990
- Yonathan KapitolnikIsraeli high jumperborn 2002
- Yonatan Hailecyclistborn 1994
- Yonathan FernándezChilean cross-country skier and biathleteborn 1986
- Yonathan CabralArgentinian association football playerborn 1992
- Yonathan AndíaChilean association football playerborn 1992
- Yonathan Suryatama Dasukibadminton playerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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