Jona
From the Hebrew for "dove". Just 37 people in Poland carry it, women and men alike, so most Poles will never meet one.
Jona Pronunciation
Jona is pronounced YO-nah (/ˈjɔna/).
What Jona means
Where Jona comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jona begins in Hebrew, where yonah means dove. The word names a real bird, the one released from Noah's ark and the one later carved above doorways as a sign of peace. In the Song of Songs the same word becomes a name of tenderness for the beloved. From that root the name passed into Greek and Latin as Jonas, and the prophet swallowed by the great fish carried it across the Bible.
In German lands Jona settled in as a short, clear form. German usage kept it common long before Polish registers did. Open a Polish school class register today and a Jona might sit among the Jans and Jonaszes.
The meaning stays close to the surface. Gołąb, the dove itself. Four letters, and beneath them the old Hebrew word for a bird.
How many people are named Jona
1 in 834957 women in Poland is named Jona. 37 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6471 among female names.
Jona as a middle name
Jona is a first name for 37 women in Poland and a middle name for another 11, a 77/23 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2946th, between Jackob (11) and Jordi (11).
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#2944 Jacinto11
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#2945 Jackob11
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#2946 Jona11
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#2947 Jordi11
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#2948 Joszko11