Jonas

What Jonas means

Means “dove”

From Latin Iōnās, from Koine Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Jonas” (revision 93785407), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Jonas?

US: Falling: down from #426 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #497 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2008, when 1,256 boys got the name (#273 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,588 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,550 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys), PA (0.71 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.7 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Jonas is #599 in the US and #716 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jonas were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jones306 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Jonas

Boys

• Israel#315possibly “kingdom/land of Israel”^*
• Isaac#47“he laughs, he will laugh”^*
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Johan#572Variant of Joan, meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Elisha#788Editor’s note Used for both: 85% of US babies named Elisha in 2025 were boys

For a sister

• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Sarai#424“master, chief”^*
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Mariana#260Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #260 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Gabriella#105Editor’s note Down from #54 in 2015 to #105 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jonas’s. Rank is US 2025.