Jonas

Meaning: Dove
Origin: Latin (from Hebrew via Greek and Latin)

Boy's name · #599 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Jonas was #295 in 1884, slipped to #1216 by 1961, and has climbed back to #599 today. Roughly 29,000 boys have been named Jonas since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Jonas is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Jonas is especially popular in Austria.

#9 in Austria (2025) · #19 in Czechia (2025) · #49 in Norway (2025) · #76 in Switzerland (2025) · #144 in Netherlands (2025) · #249 in France (2025) · #270 in Slovenia (2025) · #314 in Sweden (2025) · #347 in Ecuador (2025) · #366 in N. Ireland (2025) · #485 in Ireland (2025) · #528 in Poland (2025) and 4 more.

Famous Jonases

Jonas Salk — Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi — Angolan political and military leader (1934–2002)
Jonas Gahr Støre — Norwegian politician (born 1960)
Jonás Gutiérrez — Argentine footballer
Jonas Hector — German association football player

In stories & tradition

Jonas Quinn — Stargate SG-1 (TV series)
Jonas Harrow — The Amazing Spider-Man

What Jonases become

Among 3,344 notable people named Jonas:

Similar names: Adan · Johnathan · Nathanael · Johan · Tobias · Sylas

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