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Jona - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jona

[ syll. jo-na, jon-a ] The girl name Jona is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced JHAANah KEY. Jona's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in Scandinavian, English, and Hebrew.

Jona is a form of the English Joan.

Jona is also a form of the English and Hebrew Yonina.

Jona is also a Scandinavian form of the English Jane.

Jona is also a form of the English and Hebrew Jonina. Jona is also a Scandinavian short form of the Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian Johanna and a Scandinavian spelling variant of the Finnish and Scandinavian Jonna.

Jona is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Jona, the English Jane was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Jona include the English Jahna, the English and Slavic Johna, the Scandinavian Jóna, the Italian Gianna, the English Jacqueine, the Iranian Jahan, the English Jaimie, the English and Polish Jama, the English Jamay, the English Jame, the English Jamey, the English Jami, the English Jamie, the English Jamii, the English Jammie, the English Jamy, the English Jamye, the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Slavic, and Latvian Jana, the English Janae, and the Arabic Janan.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Jona: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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