Home>Name Popularity>Last Names>J>Jona-Jone>Jonas>Delaware

Jonas

in Delaware

There are 14 people with the last name "Jonas" in Delaware.

Add to web page

Ranking in Delaware

NameRank
Jonas 6,952
close
  1. is 6,948th most common Jansen
  2. is 6,949th most common Jason
  3. is 6,950th most common Jay
  4. is 6,951st most common Jin
  5. is 6,952nd most common Jonas
  6. is 6,953rd most common Karl
  7. is 6,954th most common Kassees
  8. is 6,955th most common Keck
  9. is 6,956th most common Keel

Similar Names and Nicknames

Jonathan, Janak, Janas, Jonasson, Jonassen, Jonaitis, Jonah, Jonak, Jonason, Jonasen

Most Common First Names for Jonas

Susan, Otakar, Cheryl, Clarissa, Colvin, Jr, Lore, Marland, Mary, Sonia

Meaning & History

English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech, and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás): from a medieval personal name, which comes from the Hebrew male personal name Yona, meaning ‘dove’. In the book of the Bible which bears his name, Jonah was appointed by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh, but tried to flee instead to Tarshish. On the voyage to Tarshish, a great storm blew up, and Jonah was thrown overboard by his shipmates to appease God's wrath, swallowed by a great fish, and delivered by it on the shores of Nineveh. This story exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination in medieval Europe, and the personal name was a relatively common choice. The Hebrew name and its reflexes in other languages (for example Yiddish Yoyne) have been popular Jewish personal names for generations. There are also saints, martyrs, and bishops called Jonas venerated in the Orthodox Church. Ionas is found as a Greek family name.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): respelling of Yonis, with Yiddish possessive -s.

Recent Searches for "Jonas" in Delaware

Since July 2008
36

Most Popular Search

Susan Jonas, DE (6 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv2)

© 2009 WhitePages Inc. - Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Microsoft MapPoint Terms of Use and Privacy Statement