Jonah

Hebrew

"dove"

Jonah Origin and Meaning

Variation of Jonas

Jonah Rank in US Top 1000

# 126 in the US

Jonah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 217 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Jonah

• 126 US 2024
• 217 Nameberry 2025
• 193 Canada 2024
• 28 Future 2035
• 146 England 2024
• 177 scotland 2023
• 25 Germany 2024
• 92 Netherlands 2023
• 183 switzerland 2024

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Famous People Named Jonah

• Jonah Biblical prophet
• Jonah Hill (Feldstein) American actor
• Jonah Bobo American actor
• Jonah Tali Lomu New Zealand rugby union player
• Jonah Marais American Musical Artist, part of Why Don't We boyband
• Jonah Jacob Goldberg American columnist and author
• Jonah James Bayliss American baseball player
• Jonah Cardeli Falcon American actor and TV personality
• Robert Elliott "Jonah" Jones American jazz trumpeter
• Leonard "Jonah" Jones Welsh sculptor
• Jonah Keri sportswriter/FiveThirtyEight contributor
• Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole prince of Hawaii, U.S. Congressional delegate
• Jonah Rzadzinski Matranga American singer,songwriter
• Jonah Raskin American author
• Jonah Ray (Rodrigues) American actor and comedian
• Jonah Nimoy American musician, grandson of actor Leonard Nimoy
• Jonah Cairns son of musician Andy Cairns of Therapy?
• Jonah Hwang son of actress Jennifer Lien and filmmaker Phil Hwang
• Jonah (b. 2004) son of supermodel Tatjana Patitz
• Jonah Bucatinsky (b. 2008) son of actor Dan Bucatinsky and screenwriter Don Roos
• Jonah Frank King (b. 2011) son of journalists Dana Bash and John King
• Jonah Buckland (b. 2011) son of guitarist Jonny Buckland of Coldplay
• Jonah Maddox Phillip Bryant (b. 2012), son of singer Lil' Mo and Phillip Bryant
• Jonah Christopher Deffenbaugh (b. 2012) son of singer Jo Dee Messina and Chris Deffenbaugh
• Jonah Josiah Rivera (b. 2015) son of singers Jaclyn Victor and Shawn Rivera

The name Jonah in Pop Culture

• Jonah Woodson Hex character in DC Universe
• Jonah character in "Cat's Cradle" (1963) by Kurt Vonnegut
• Jonah Baldwin son in movie "Sleepless in Seattle"
• Jonah Takalua character in "Summer Heights High" and "Jonah from Tonga"
• Jonah Breeland character on TV's "Hart of Dixie"
• Jonah Ryan character on TV's "Veep"
• Jonah character in British comic "The Beano" by Ken Reid
• Jonah Skidmore main character in Margaret Peterson Haddix's "The Missing” series
• Jonah Aickman character in movie "The Haunting in Connecticut"
• J. Jonah Jameson character in the Spider,Man series
• Jonah Kirby character on British TV's "Waterloo Road"
• "Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 " 1975 Swiss movie
• Jonah Simms character on TV's "Superstore"
• Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" Jones character from British TV series "Skins"
• Jonah Beck character on the Disney Channel show "Andi Mack"
• Jonah side kick in new Tomb Raider games
• Jonah Griggs character in YA novel "On the Jellicoe Road" by Melina Marchetta
• Jonah Bishop a character from the Nickelodeon cartoon "Welcome To The Wayne"