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.
Jonah is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Jonah | Kenya, Philippines, Ghana, Nigeria, United States |
| جونا | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq |
| ジョナ | Japan |
| ג'ונה | Israel |
| 乔纳 | China |
| Джона | Ukraine, Russia |
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.
| rav jonah Talmud rabbi (b. 400) |
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| jonah teomim-frankel Polish rabbi, CZ (b. 1595) |
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| jonah cator (born 1661) (b. 1661) |
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| jonah landsofer CZ (b. 1678) |
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| jonah fallowfield (1708-1778) (b. 1708) |
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jonah barrington Irish lawyer, judge and politician, IE (b. 1760) |
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jonah sanford American politician, US (b. 1790) |
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| jonah howe American politician, US (b. 1749) |
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jonah piikoi American politician, US (b. 1804) |
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| jonah fallowfield (1761-1841) (b. 1761) |
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| jonah frankel German banker (b. 1773) |
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| jonah kapena Hawaiian judge and politician, US (b. 1801) |
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| jonah russ (b. 1795) |
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| jonah h. lupton (b. 1795) |
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| jonah bowen evans GB (b. 1806) |
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