Jonatan
Jonatan is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Jonatan (footballer), Brazilian football midfielder, full name Jonatan da Silva Lima Jonatan Berg, Swedish football midfielder Jonatan Berggren, Swedish ice hockey player Jonatan Briel (1942–1988), German director, screenplay author, and actor Jonatán Dobroslav Čipka, 19th century Slovak priest, poet and author Jonatan Cerrada,…
- Spanish
- Polish
- Swedish
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Jonatan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jonatan is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Jonatan (footballer), Brazilian football midfielder, full name Jonatan da Silva Lima Jonatan Berg, Swedish football midfielder Jonatan Berggren, Swedish ice hockey player Jonatan Briel (1942–1988), German director, screenplay author, and actor Jonatán Dobroslav Čipka, 19th century Slovak priest, poet and author Jonatan Cerrada,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Polish
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- German
- Icelandic
- Faroese
- Hungarian
- Biblical Spanish
The Story of Jonatan
The earliest SSA record of Jonatan as a baby boy name dates back to 1971, when 6 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 159 newborns named Jonatan — #1,101 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Jonatan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jonatan ranks #2,376 for baby boys with 60 births, rising sharply (+22% over the past five years). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jonatan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jonatan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jonatan
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- Johnathan
- Johnston
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- Chinatown
- Johnathon
- Johnstone
- Jonestown
- Gianotti
- Honiton
- Giannotti
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Jonatan
Jonatan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Jonatan's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #896. Use the chart and map above to compare Jonatan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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