Jonas: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced JOH-nuhs · 2 syllables

Jonas means “dove”, from Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

From Latin Ionas, from Koine Greek (Ionas), from Biblical Hebrew (yonah, “dove”). Doublet of Jonah.

How popular is Jonas?

Jonas was the #599 name in the US in 2025, given to 476 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Jonas in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Jonas are older than 29; most are between 18 and 68. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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

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

Jonas means “dove”. It comes from Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

Jonas is pronounced JOH-nuhs.

Jonas was the #599 name in the US in 2025, given to 476 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Jonas are older than 29. Most are between 18 and 68.