Editing Jonathan (name)

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{{Infobox given name
| name          = Jonathan 
| image         = Bible primer, Old Testament, for use in the primary department of Sunday schools (1919) (14779740284).jpg
| image_size    = 
| caption       = Jonathan and [[David]]
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|dʒ|ɒ|n|ə|θ|ən}} {{respell|JON|ə|thən}}<br>{{IPA|fi|ˈjoːnɑtɑn|lang}}<br>{{IPA|nl|ˈjoːnaːtɑn|lang|nl-Jonathan.ogg}}<br>{{IPA|fr|ʒɔnatɑ̃|lang}}<br>{{IPA|de|ˈjoːnatan|lang}}<br>{{IPA|es|ˈɟʝonatan|lang}}
| gender        = Male
| meaning       = God has given
| region        = 
| language      = English
| origin        = Hebrew (Israel)
| nickname      = 
{{Plainlist|
* Jon
* Jon Jon
* Jonny
* [[Jonty]]
* Jono
}} 

| related names = 
{{Plainlist|

* [[Jon]] 
* [[Jonatan]] 
* [[Jonatas]]
* [[Nathan (given name)|Nathan]]
* [[Nathanael]]
* [[Nathaniel]]
}} 
| name day      = Finland: 26 January,<br/> France: 1 March,<br/> United States: 26 April,<br/> Sweden: 22 December,<br/> Germany: 29 December
| derived       = 
| popularity    = 
| footnotes     = 
}}
'''Jonathan''' ({{langx|he|{{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹנָתָן/יוֹנָתָן}}}}, <small>[[Modern Hebrew language|Standard:]]</small> ''Yehōnatan''/''Yōnatan'', <small>[[Tiberian vocalization|Tiberian]]:</small> ''Yŏhōnāṯān''/''Yōnāṯān''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Geoffrey |title=The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. |publisher=Open Book Publishers |year=2020 |isbn=978-1783746767}}</ref>) is a common name given to males which means "[[YHWH]] has given" in Hebrew.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/j/origin-and-meaning-of-jonathan.htm |title=MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Jonathan |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530210343/http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/j/origin-and-meaning-of-jonathan.htm |archive-date=2009-05-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, [[Oxford University Press]], 2nd edition, p. 147.</ref> The earliest known use of the name was in the [[Hebrew Bible|Bible]]; one [[Jonathan (Books of Samuel)|Jonathan]] was the son of [[Saul|King Saul]], a close friend of [[David]].

Variants of Jonathan include  '''Jonatan''', '''Djonathan'''. [[Bible|Biblical]] variants include '''Yehonathan, Y'honathan, Yhonathan, Yonathan, Yehonatan, Yonatan, Yonaton, Yonoson, Yeonoson or Yehonasan'''. In Israel, "Yoni" is a common [[nickname]] for ''Yonatan'' (Jonathan) in the same way [[Jonny]] is in [[English language|English]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ID_X-Zi9jEcC&pg=PA342&dq=%22Dudi+for+David%22&sig=59ZI6bNvyTxAE1_A_yW3eXMyqJk The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition – Page 342 by Dan Isaac Slobin]</ref> 

The name was the 31st-most-popular boys' name in the United States in 2011, according to the [[Social Security Administration|SSA]].<ref name="ssa.gov">[http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi Popularly Baby Names], Social Security Online</ref>

== List of alternatives ==
* {{langx|ar|يوناثان}},<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.namearabic.com/ar/product/thuluth/jonathan|title=Jonathan name with Arabic Calligraphy|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430181651/https://www.namearabic.com/ar/product/thuluth/jonathan|url-status=dead}}</ref> جوناثان
* {{langx|am|ዮናታን}}
* [[Aramaic]]:
** {{langx|aii|ܝܘܿܢܵܕ݂ܵܡ|translit=Yōnāḏām}}
** {{langx|syc|ܝܘܢܬܢ|translit=Yōnāṯān}}
** [[Targum (Aramaic dialects)|Targumic]] {{langx|arc|יוֹנָתָן‬|translit=Yônāṯān}}
* {{langx|hy|Հովնաթան|translit=Hovnatan}}
* {{lang-zh|乔纳森 (simplified), 喬納森 (traditional)|Qiáonàsēn}}
* {{langx|cs|Jonatán, Jonatan}}
* {{langx|hr|Jonatan}}
* {{langx|nl|Jonathan, Jonatan}}
* {{langx|et|Joonatan}}
* {{langx|fj|Jonacani}}
* {{langx|fi|Joonatan}}
* {{langx|fr|Jonathan}}
* {{lang-ka|იონათანი|translit=Ionat'ani|tr}}
* {{langx|de|Jonathan, Jonatan}}
* {{langx|el|Ιωνάθαν|translit=Ionáthan}}
* {{langx|haw|Ionakana}}
* {{langx|he|יהונתן|translit=Yehonatan}}
* {{langx|hu|Jonatán}}
* {{langx|is|Jónatan, Jonathan}}
* {{langx|id|Yonatan, Jonathan}}
* {{langx|ga|Seanachán, Ionatán}}
* {{langx|it|Gionata}}
* {{langx|ja|ヨナタン|Yonatan}}  
* {{langx|ko|요나단|Yonadan}}
* {{langx|la|Ionathan, Ionathas}}
* {{langx|lt|Jonatanas}}
* {{langx|mi|Honatana}}
*[[Persian language|Persian]]: جاناتان
* {{langx|pl|Jonatan, Jonathan}}
* {{langx|pt|Jónatas, Jônatas, Jonatão}}
* {{langx|ro|Ionatan, Ion}}
* {{langx|ru|Ионафан|translit=Ionafan}}
* {{langx|sm|Ionatana}}
* {{langx|sk|Jonatán}}
*[[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Jonatán''
* {{langx|sv|Jonatan}}
* {{langx|to|Sonatane}}
*[[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]]: ዮናታን
* {{Langx|yo|Jonatani}}

== People ==
Jonathan is a common given name. People with the name 
* Jonathan Amaral, known as [[Jonathan Gaming]] (born 2002), Indian professional esports player 
* [[Jonathan Antoine]] (born 1995), English classically trained tenor
* [[Jonathan Aspropotamitis]] (born 1996), Australian professional footballer
* [[Jonathan Asselin]] (born 1958), Canadian equestrian
* [[Jonathan Bailey]] (born 1988), English actor
* [[Jonny Bairstow]] (born 1989), English cricketer
* [[Jonathan Banks]] (born 1947), American actor
* [[Jonathan Barnet]] (1677/78–1745), English privateer in the Caribbean
* [[Jonathan Barry]] (born 1988), Bahamian cricketer
* [[Jonathan Bartley]] (born 1971), British politician, former co-leader of the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]]
* [[Jon Bernthal]] (born 1976), American actor
* [[Jonathan Bilbao]] (born 1999), Venezuelan-Peruvian footballer
* [[Jonathan Borlee]] (born 1988), Belgian athlete
* [[Jonathan Brewer]] (born 1987), American football coach
* [[Jonny Brownlee]] (born 1990), British triathlete
* [[Jonny Buckland]] (born 1977), British musician
* [[Jonathan Castroviejo]] (born 1987), Spanish cyclist
* [[Jonathan Chan]] (born 1997), Singaporean former diver
* [[Jonathan Cheung]] (born 1981), Chinese actor
* [[Jonathan Chu (tennis)]] (born 1983), American former professional tennis player
* [[Jonathan Conricus]] (born 1979), Israeli IDF Lieutenant-Colonel (ret), IDF International Spokesperson
* [[Jonathan Copete]], (born 1988), Colombian footballer
* [[Jonathan Cuenú]] (born 1986), Colombian footballer
* [[Jonathan Dakin]] (born 1973), English cricketer
* [[Jonathan David]] (born 2000), professional soccer player
* [[Jonathan Davies (rugby union, born 1988)|Jonathan Davies]] (born 1988), Welsh rugby union player
* [[Jonathan Demme]] (1944–2017), American Academy Award-winning director
* [[Jonathan Dickinson]] (1663–1722), merchant from Port Royal, Jamaica
* [[Jonathan Dickinson (New Jersey minister)|Jonathan Dickinson]] (1688–1747), co-founder and first president of the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University)
* [[Jonathan Dimbleby]] (born 1944), British presenter
* [[Jonathan dos Santos]] (born 1990), Mexican professional footballer
* [[Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)|Jonathan Edwards]] (born 1966), British triple-jumper
* [[Jonathan Emile]] (born 1986), Jamaican Canadian singer, rapper, record producer and cancer survivor
* [[Jonathan Erlich]] (born 1977), Israeli former professional tennis player
* [[Jonathan Escoffery]], American writer
* [[Jonny Evans]] (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer
* [[Jonathan Farinha]] (born 1996), Trinidadian sprinter
* [[Jon Favreau]] (born 1966), American filmmaker and actor
* [[Jonathan Fox (swimmer)|Jonathan Fox]] (born 1991), British Paralympic swimmer
* [[Jonathan Glazer]] (born 1965), English director
* [[Jonathan Goble]], an American Baptist minister and missionary
* [[Jonny Greenwood]] (born 1971), English musician
* [[Jonathan Groff]] (born 1985), American stage actor
* [[Jonathan de Guzman]] (born 1987), Canadian-born Dutch footballer
* [[Jonathan Haidt]] (born 1963), American social psychologist and author
* [[Jon Hamm]] (born 1971), American actor
* [[Jonny Howson]] (born 1988), English footballer
* [[Jonathan India]] (born 1996), American professional baseball infielder
* [[Jonathan Joseph (rugby union)|Jonathan Joseph]] (born 1991), English rugby union player
* [[Jonathan Kim]] (born 1960), South Korean film producer
* [[Jonathan Kings]], New Zealand diplomat
* [[Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver]] (born 1981), American mixed martial artist known as War Machine
* [[Jonathan LaPaglia]] (born 1969), Australian actor and television personality
* [[Jonathan Larson]] (1960–1996), American composer, lyricist and playwright
* [[Jon Lewis (cricketer, born 1975)|Jon Lewis]] (born 1975), English cricketer and coach
* [[Jonathan Lipnicki]] (born 1990), American child actor
* [[Jonathan Maicelo]] (born 1983), Peruvian professional boxer
* [[Jonathan Majors]] (born 1989), American actor
* [[Jonathan Malaya]], Filipino writer, author, businessman, and public official
* [[Jonathan Marray]] (born 1981), English tennis player
* [[Jonathan Mexique]] (born 1995), footballer
* [[Jonathan Moreira]] (born 1986), Brazilian professional footballer
* [[Jon Moss]] (born 1970), English football referee
* [[Jonathan Nolan]] (born 1976), British-American screenwriter
* [[Jonathan Osorio]] (born 1992), Canadian professional soccer player
* [[Jonathan Paget]] (born 1983), New Zealand equestrian
* [[Jonathan Pryce]] (born 1947), Welsh actor
* [[Jonathan Rea]] (born 1987), Northern Irish motorcycle racer
* [[Jonty Rhodes]] (born 1969), South African cricketer
* [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]] (born 1977), Irish actor
* [[Jonathan Ross]] (born 1960), English broadcaster
* [[Jonathan Roy]] (born 1989), Canadian pop singer and songwriter
* [[Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant]] (1746–1793), American politician
* [[Johnny Sexton]] (born 1985), Irish rugby union player
* [[J. K. Simmons]] (born 1955), American actor
* [[Jon Snow (journalist)|Jon Snow]] (born 1947), English journalist and television presenter
* [[Jonathan Stedall]] (1938–2022), English television producer and documentary filmmaker
* [[Jonathan Swift]] (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish author
* [[Jonathan Trott]] (born 1981), South African-born English cricketer
* [[Jonathan Van-Tam]] (born 1964), British healthcare professional
* [[Jon Voigt]] (born 1938), American actor
* [[Jonathan Watson]], Scottish actor
* [[Jonathan Welsh]] (1947–2005), Canadian actor
* [[Jonathan Wentz]] (1990–2012), American Paralympic equestrian competitor
* [[Jonathan Wilkes]] (born 1978) English television presenter, entertainer and singer
* [[Jonathan Winters]] (1925-2013) American comedian, actor, and artist
* [[Jonathan Wong]] (born 1986), Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and producer
* [[Jonathan Woodgate]] (born 1980), English footballer
* [[Jonathan Yardley]] (born 1939), American author and book critic

==See also==
* For the Israeli [[moshav]], see [[Yonatan, Golan Heights]]
* [[Johnathan]], alternate uncommon spelling name
* [[Jonathon]], another alternate spelling
* [[Jonathan (disambiguation)]]
* [[John (given name)]]
* [[Nathaniel]], for a name with a similar root and meaning

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