Jonathan (name)

Jonathan (, <small>Standard:</small> Yehōnatan/Yōnatan, <small>Tiberian:</small> Yŏhōnāṯān/Yōnāṯān) is a common name given to males which means "YHWH has given" in Hebrew. The earliest known use of the name was in the Bible; one Jonathan was the son of King Saul, a close friend of David.

Variants of Jonathan include Jonatan, Djonathan. 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.

The name was the 31st-most-popular boys' name in the United States in 2011, according to the SSA.

List of alternatives

• , جوناثان
• Aramaic:
• Targumic
• , <small>romanized:</small> Qiáonàsēn (Qiáo'nà'sēn)
• Persian: جاناتان
• Spanish: Jonatán, Yónathan
• Tigrinya: ዮናታን

People

• 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
• Jonathan Bennett (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jon Bernthal (born 1976), American actor
• Jonathan Bilbao (born 1999), Venezuelan-Peruvian footballer
• Jonathan Borlee (born 1988), Belgian athlete
• Jonathan Brady (born 2003), American football player
• 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 Demme (1944–2017), American Academy Award-winning director
• Jonathan Dickinson (1663–1722), merchant from Port Royal, Jamaica
• 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 (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 (born 1991), British Paralympic swimmer
• [[Jonathan Garner (born 1969) Australian Elite Horticulturist and Friend of Michael Smith
• 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
• Jonathan Hawkins (1983–2025), British chess grandmaster
• Jonny Howson (born 1988), English footballer
• Jonathan Igbinovia (born 1980), Nigerian tennis player
• Jonathan India (born 1996), American professional baseball infielder
• Jonathan Joseph (born 1991), English rugby union player
• Jonathan Joss (1965–2025), American actor
• 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
• Jonathan Lear (1948–2025), American philosopher and psychoanalyst
• 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 Miramontes (born 1988), Mexican footballer
• Jonathan Moreira (born 1986), Brazilian professional footballer
• Jon Moss (born 1970), English football referee
• Jonathan Netanyahu (born 1946), Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal during the Entebbe raid and died in action.
• Jonathan Nolan (born 1976), British-American screenwriter
• Jonathan Osorio (born 1992), Canadian professional soccer player
• Jonathan Owens (born 1995), American football player and husband of female American gymnast Simone Biles
• 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 (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
• Johnathon, alternate uncommon spelling name
• Jonathon, another alternate spelling
• Jonathan (disambiguation)
• John (given name)
• Nathaniel, for a name with a similar root and meaning

References