Jonah name - Meaning of Jonah
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 3
- Usage
- English, Biblical, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- JO-nə (English)
- Jonah Meaning
- From the Hebrew name (Yonah) meaning "dove". This was the name of a prophet swallowed by a fish, as told in the Old Testament Book of Jonah. He emerged from the fish alive three days later. His story was popular in the Middle Ages, but the name did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation. Jonah originates in Hebrew language and means "dove". This was the name of a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the main character in the Book of Jonah. As a masculine given name it has been fairly popular in the United States recently.
Jonah Related Names
Other Languages: Yunus (Arabic), Ionas (Biblical Greek), Yonah (Biblical Hebrew), Iona, Ionas (Biblical Latin), Jonáš (Czech), Jonas (Danish), Jonas (Dutch), Joona, Joonas (Finnish), Iona (Georgian), Jonas (German), Yonah (Hebrew), Jónas (Icelandic), Jonas (Norwegian), Iona (Russian), Jonáš (Slovak), Jonas (Swedish), Yunus (Turkish)
Jonah Celebrities
Jonah Bayliss - baseball player, Jonah Goldman - baseball player,
