Jonathan ( he, , Standard: ''Yəhōnatan''/''Yōnatan'', Tiberian: ''Yо̆hōnāṯān''/''Yōnāṯān'') is a common name given to males which means "

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has given" in Hebrew. The earliest known use of the name was in the

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; one

Jonathan Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

was the son of

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, a close friend of

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

. Variants of Jonathan include Jonatan, Djonathan.

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variants include Yehonathan, Y'honathan, Yhonathan, Yonathan, Yehonatan, Yonatan, Yonaton, Yonoson, Yeonoson or Yehonasan. In Israel, "Yoni" is a common

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for ''Yonatan'' (Jonathan) in the same way Jonny is in English. In Latin America both "Jhonny" and "Johnny" coexist due to misspelling and have become commonly used (

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). The name was the 31st-most-popular boys' name in the United States in 2011, according to the SSA.Popular Baby Names
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* ar, يوناثان, جوناثان * am, ዮናታን *

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated i ...

: ** aii, ܝܘܿܢܵܕ݂ܵܡ, translit=Yōnāḏām ** syc, ܝܘܢܬܢ, translit=Yōnāṯān ** Targumic arc, יוֹנָתָן‬, translit=Yônāṯān * hy, Հովնաթան, translit=Hovnatan * zh, 乔纳森 (simplified), 喬納森 (traditional), Qiáonàsēn * cz, Jonatán, Jonatan * hr, Jonatan * nl, Jonathan, Jonatan * fj, Jonacani * fi, Joonatan * french: Jonathan * ka, იონათანი, translit=Ionat'ani, tr * german: Jonathan, Jonatan * el, Ιωνάθαν, translit=Ionáthan * haw, Ionakana * he, יהונתן, translit=Yehonatan * hu, Jonatán * is, Jónatan, Jonathan * ga, Seanachán, Ionatán * it, Gionata * ja, ジョナサン, Jonasan ヨナタン Yonatan * ko, 조나단, Jonadan * la, Ionathan, Ionathas * lt, Jonatanas * mi, Honatana * Persian: جاناتان * pl, Jonatan, Jonathan * pt, Jónatas, Jônatas, Jonatão * ro, Ionatan, Ion * russian: Ионафан, translit=Ionafan * sm, Ionatana * sk, Jonatán *

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: ''Jonatán'', translit. ''Yónathan'' * sv, Jonatan * to, Sonatane * Tigrinya: ዮናታን *

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