Jonas

Jonas \jo-nas, jon-as\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Jonas is pronounced in German as YOWNaaS ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Jonas: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"

What is the origin of Jonas?

Jonas' language of origin is Hebrew. It is used predominantly in Lithuanian, English, French, German, Greek, Scandinavian, and Spanish. Jonas is a Lithuanian variant transcription of name John (English and Hebrew). Jonas is also an English, French, German, Greek, Scandinavian, and Spanish variant transcription of Jonah name popularity (English, French, Scandinavian, and Spanish). Jonas is a rather popular baby boy name. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1960s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.057% of baby boys being named Jonas. It had a ranking of #274 then. In 2010, it ranked at #455 with a usage of 0.029%. Among the family of boy names directly related to Jonas, baby name John was the most popular. It was more commonly used than Jonas by 20 times in 2010.

A famous person named Jonas is Biologist, Jonas Salk, born 28 October 1914 - 23 June 1995, New York, New York.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Jonas:

name Janak origin (Indian), Janco meaning (Dutch and Czech), baby name Janek (Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, and Czech), name Janik meaning (Breton, Czech, French, and Polish), name Janje (Dutch), name Janko origin (Polish, Slavic, Dutch, and Hungarian), Jannes name popularity (Dutch, Frisian, and German), name Janosch origin (German and Hungarian), short names for Janusz (Polish), name Januus origin, short names for János (Hungarian), name Jedrzej origin (Polish), Ewyng meaning and origin, meaning of Yancey (English), meaning of Yanci, Yancie pronounciation, nicknames for Yancy (English), what does the name Yanick mean (Breton and French), baby name Yanik (Breton and French), and meaning of Yanis (Greek).

The baby name Jonas fun facts:

The name Jonas in reverse order is "Sanoj".

The numerological value of the name Jonas is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Jonas?

Jonas is in the top names in USA.