Forename Jonah

Around the globe, Jonah (Jonah , جونا , ジョナ , among others...) is a common epicene forename. The first name Jonah is habitual in Guam, where it is quite a common masculine name, Nigeria, where it is quite a common epicene name, and Philippines, where it is quite a common mostly female, but infrequently male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Nigeria, Philippines, and the United States. Also, Jonah is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jonah

name Йонас, name ヨナス, name Giona, name Jónas, name Jonáh, name Йона, name Jonah, name Юнас, name יונאס, name Йонаш, name 约拿, name Jonàh, name Jónás, name جونا, name ג'ונה, name Иона, name Йонах, name Джона, name יונה, name Жонах, name 乔纳, name יונס, name Jonasz, name ジョナ, name Yona, name يونس, name Jonas, name 乔纳斯, name ジョナス, name De Jonas, name Yoonis, name Джонас, name جوناس, name Жонас, name Jonáš

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jonah	Philippines, Kenya, United States, Ghana, Nigeria
جونا	Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
ジョナ	Japan
ג'ונה	Israel
乔纳	China
Джона	Russia, Ukraine

First names said to be same

De Jonas, Giona, Jonas, Jonasz, Jonàh, Jonáh, Jonáš, Jónas, Jónás, Yona, Yoonis, Джонас, Жонас, Жонах, Иона, Йона, Йонас, Йонах, Йонаш, Юнас, יונאס, יונה, יונס, جوناس, يونس, ジョナス, ヨナス, 乔纳斯, and 约拿

First name Jonah in the context

Jonah is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: 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; J. Jonah Jameson , the 2002-2007 Spider-Man film series character, Spider-Man 2 and J. Jonah Jameson , the fictional character from 2019 film 'Spider-Man: Far from Home', among other works.

Notable namesakes

	rav jonah Talmud rabbi (b. 400)
	jonah teomim-frankel Polish rabbi, CZ (b. 1595)
	jonah cator (born 1661) (b. 1661)
	jonah landsofer CZ (b. 1678)
	jonah fallowfield (1708-1778) (b. 1708)
	jonah barrington Irish lawyer, judge and politician, IE (b. 1760)
	jonah sanford American politician, US (b. 1790)
	jonah howe American politician, US (b. 1749)
	jonah piikoi American politician, US (b. 1804)
	jonah fallowfield (1761-1841) (b. 1761)
	jonah frankel German banker (b. 1773)
	jonah kapena Hawaiian judge and politician, US (b. 1801)
	jonah russ (b. 1795)
	jonah h. lupton (b. 1795)
	jonah bowen evans GB (b. 1806)