Meaning: A dove
The story
Jonah comes from Hebrew Yonah, dove. The bird meaning gives this biblical name a gentle nature image.
Nicknames
- Jo
Spellings & variants
- Yonah
- Jonas
- Yunus
- Giona
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In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
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Jonah comes from Hebrew.
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