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 [ 2 syll. jo-nas, jon-as ] The boy name Jonas is pronounced JHOWNahS KEY. Jonas' language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in Lithuanian, English, French, German, Greek, Scandinavian, and Spanish. Jonas is an English, French, German, Greek, Scandinavian, and Spanish form of Jonah (English, French, Scandinavian, and Spanish). Jonas is also a Lithuanian form of John (English). Jonas is a popular baby boy name, and it is also perceived as trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1960s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.057% of baby boys being named Jonas. It had a ranking of #274 then. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly related to Jonas, John (English) was the most popular. It was more commonly used than Jonas by 11 times in that year. Baby names that sound like Jonas include Janco (Czech), Jancsi (Hungarian), Janesh (Indian), Janez (Slavic), Janic (Breton and French), Janick (Breton and French), Janis (Latvian and Lithuanian), Janko (Polish, Slavic, and Hungarian), Jankó (Hungarian), Jannic (Breton and French), Jannick (Breton, French, and Scandinavian), Jannik (Breton, French, and Scandinavian), Jannis (Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, and Scandinavian), Janos (Hungarian), Janós (Hungarian), Janus (English and German), Jaymes (English), János (Hungarian), Jenci (Hungarian), and Jennings (English). A famous person named Jonas is Biologist, Jonas Salk, born 28 October 1914 - 23 June 1995, New York, New York. KEY: Pronunciation for Jonas: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
