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Jonas

in Maine

There are 10 people with the last name "Jonas" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Jonas 11,306
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  1. is 11,302nd most common Jervey
  2. is 11,303rd most common Jodoin
  3. is 11,304th most common Jolie
  4. is 11,305th most common Jonaitis
  5. is 11,306th most common Jonas
  6. is 11,307th most common Jonsson
  7. is 11,308th most common Judecki
  8. is 11,309th most common Jurgen
  9. is 11,310th most common Justard

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Jonas

Jan, Patricia, Per, Cheryl, Hilary, Linda, Peter

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.

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