Forename Jona

Around the world, Jona (Jona , Йона , יונה ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Jona is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is a common girly name, Albania, where it is quite a common predominantly female, but very seldom boy's name, and Uruguay, where it is quite a common primarily boy's, but scarcely girly name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Philippines, Bulgaria, and India. Much less frequently, Jona is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Jona is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jona

name Jóna, name 乔那, name Jònǎ, name Йона, name ジョンア, name يونا, name 约纳, name Yonah, name جونا, name Jônâ, name Иона, name Joná, name 乔纳, name יונה, name Jonà, name ジョナ, name Jona, name ヨナ, name Жона, name জনা, name Jóná, name 乔娜, name জোন

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jona	Philippines, Albania, United States, India, Nigeria
Йона	Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria
יונה	Israel
ヨナ	Japan

First names said to be same

Jonà, Joná, Jònǎ, Jóna, Jóná, Jônâ, Yonah, Жона, Иона, جونا, يونا, জনা, জোন, ジョナ, ジョンア, 乔娜, 乔纳, 乔那, and 约纳

First name Jona in the context

Jona is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jonah , the Biblical and Quranic prophet, Old Testament; J. Jonah Jameson , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, Spider-Man 3; Jonah Hex , the DC Comics character, Legends of Tomorrow; Jonah Maiava , the Tomb Raider fictional character, Rise of the Tomb Raider and J. Jonah Jameson , the 2002-2007 Spider-Man film series character, Spider-Man 2, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	jona willem te water Dutch church historian and theologian, NL (b. 1740)
	jona aker holocaust victim, b. 1862-06-27, AT (b. 1862)
	jona fels holocaust victim, b. 1869-10-07, DE (b. 1869)
	jona henriksen Faroese politician, FO (b. 1924)
	jona von ustinov German-British journalist, diplomat and spy, GB (b. 1892)
	jona lewie English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, GB (b. 1947)
	jona gruber (b. 1908)
	jona goldrich American businessman (1927-2016), US (b. 1927)
	jona baravilala senilagakali Prime Minister of Fiji (1929-2011), FJ (b. 1929)
	jona bechtolt electronic musician, US (b. 1980)
	jona laks Israeli Holocaust survivor (born 1930) (b. 1930)
	jona weinhofen Australian singer, AU (b. 1983)
	jona wolff holocaust victim, b. 1938-09-07, DE (b. 1938)
	jona oberski Dutch physicist, NL (b. 1938)
	jona viray Filipino singer and actress, PH (b. 1989)

Characteristic surnames

Lee, Vargas, Flores, Morales, Mendoza, Sanchez, Alvarez, Ramirez, Johnson, Jimenez, Martinez, Santiago, Castillo, Bautista, Gonzalez, Gonzales, Williams, Rodriguez, Dela Cruz, Gutierrez, Hernandez, Francisco, Torres, Fernandez, Garcia, Romero, Tan, Musa, Cruz, Ruiz, Devi, Diaz, Luka, Than, Silva, Smith, Perez, Ramos, Reyes, Davis, Gomez, Lopez, James, Jones, Hoxha, Santos, Castro, Rivera, and Villanueva