Yehonatan
Jonathan 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.
- Hebrew
- Biblical Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Yehonatan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jonathan 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.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
- Biblical Hebrew
The Story of Yehonatan
The earliest SSA record of Yehonatan as a baby boy name dates back to 1991, when 5 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Yehonatan — #5,997 in the national rankings. About 57% of every Yehonatan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yehonatan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 89 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yehonatan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yehonatan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Yehonatan
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- 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
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Names that sound like Yehonatan
Phonetically similar names — useful when Yehonatan is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Yehonatan
Yehonatan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 89 births in the dataset. Yehonatan's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #5,997. Use the chart and map above to compare Yehonatan'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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