Jonas is the Latinized form of Ionas, the Greek form of Hebrew Jonah, the name of a minor prophet in the Old Testament, who is cast out to sea and gets swallowed up by a giant sea creature. The name derives from yonah יוֹנָה (dove, pigeon) via Proto-Semitic *šawmān– (dove).
Jonas is also a Lithuanian name, in this case deriving as the Lithuanian form of John, a shortened form of Hebrew Yohanan meaning “god is gracious”.
Jonas is also a surname originating from the given name.
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: “dove”; also means “god is gracious”
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, English, Lithuanian
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