Jonas



Origin: Lithuanian, Greek, Hebrew

Meaning: the Lithuanian form of John, from a Hebrew name meaning "Yahweh is gracious", though it's pronounced yo-nas.

Jonas is also the Greek form of Jonah, from Hebrew Yonah meaning "dove".


Variants:

  • Ionas (Greek)
  • Yonah (Hebrew)
  • Yunus (Arabic, Turkish)
  • Jonah


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