Jonah: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced JOH-nuh · 2 syllables

Jonah means “dove”, from Hebrew.

From the Hebrew (yonah, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.

How popular is Jonah?

Jonah was the #128 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,867 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Jonah in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Jonah are older than 25; most are between 18 and 49. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Jonah have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Jonah means “dove”. It comes from Hebrew.

Jonah is pronounced JOH-nuh.

Jonah was the #128 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,867 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Jonah are older than 25. Most are between 18 and 49.