Johnathan

  • [ JAHN-ə-thən ]
  • English
Variant of JONATHAN.

JONATHAN   male   English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan),contracted to יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan), meaning "YAHWEH has given". According to the Old Testament, Jonathan was the eldest son of Saul. His relationship with his father was strained due to his close friendship with his father's rival David. Along with Saul he was killed in battle with the Philistines.

As an English name, Jonathan did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was the Anglo-Irish satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), who wrote 'Gulliver's Travels' and other works.
YAHWEH   male   Theology
A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God, it was only written and never spoken, which resulted in the original pronunciation becoming lost. The name may have originally been derived from the old Semitic root הוה (hawah) meaning "to be" or "to become".
EQUIVALENTS
BIBLICAL GREEK: Ionathan
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Yehonatan, Yonatan
BIBLICAL LATIN: Ionathan
BIBLICAL: Jehonathan, Jonathan
DANISH: Jonatan, Jonathan
DUTCH: Jonathan
ENGLISH: Johnathon, Jonathan, Jonathon
FRENCH: Jonathan
GERMAN: Jonatan, Jonathan
HEBREW: Yehonatan, Yonatan
ICELANDIC: Jónatan
IRISH: Ionatán
ITALIAN: Gionata
NORWEGIAN: Jonatan, Jonathan
PORTUGUESE: Jônatas
SPANISH: Jonatan
SWEDISH: Jonatan, Jonathan
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH (BRITISH): Jonty
ENGLISH: Jon, Jonny
HEBREW: Yoni
OTHER FORMS
THEOLOGY: Yahweh