Yonathan

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Jonathan in US United States, BR Brazil, AR Argentina and 21 more, Jonatan in FR France, CR Costa Rica, SV El Salvador and 2 more and יונתן in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Yonathan is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name3.0K records spelled Yonathan4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Israel

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Yonathân, Ÿonathan

• Lao given name517 records spelled Yonathan11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Israel

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Yonatan, โยนาธาน, Yónatan, Jonathandavid, Yónáthán

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 53 years between 1955–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Yonatan Ratoshb. 1908ILnot in their usual nameHebrew poet (1908-1981)
• Yonathan Carmonb. 1931ILIsraeli dancer and choreographer (1931-2020)
• Yehonatan Geffenb. 1947ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli author, poet, songwriter, journalist, and playwright
• Jonathan Sagallb. 1959CAnot in their usual nameIsraeli actor and director
• Yehonathan Gatrob. 1977ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli singer and actor
• Yonathan Jesus Fernandez Garciab. 1986CLChilean cross-country skier and biathlete
• Yonathan Del Valleb. 1990VEVenezuelan association footballer
• Jonatan Kopelevb. 1991ILnot in their usual nameswimmer
• Yonatan Haileb. 1994ERnot in their usual namecyclist
• Jonathan Merguib. 2000ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli singer, dancer and actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 355 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Yonathan?

We estimate roughly 1.1 million people bear Yonathan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Yonathan have the most bearers?

Yonathan is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled jonathan.

Where is Yonathan most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Yonathan is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 211 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Yonathan compared with other names?

In Argentina, Yonathan is the 141st most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Yonathan a male or female name?

Yonathan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.