Jonas

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Contracted form of Johannes [1]

2) Latin spelling of Ιωνας (Ionas), a Greek form of the Hebrew name יוֹנָה (Yonah) (see Jona) [1]

3) Latinised form of Jöns [1]

Related Names

     
Ionas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Johnas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jonas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Jónas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Icelandic
Jonás ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Joonas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jovnnás ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Juonas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Juunas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Jon, Jonke, Jonte

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

29 March

Norway Norway

29 March

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

29 March

Sweden Sweden

29 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1303 [1]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Skåne, Norrland [1]

Namesakes

Jonas Alströmer (7 January 1685 – 2 June 1761), Swedish pioneer of agriculture and industry

Pronunciation

Swedish: [ˌʝuːnas]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 0 1 40334 59573
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 21367 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 0 10303 12087
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 2 n.a 3190
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[2][3][4][5]:Name statistics for Jonas(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[4]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Jonas(m)


Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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