Jonathan
Given only to boys in Poland, all 1,882 people who carry it are men. English in use here but Hebrew at root, from a phrase meaning "Yahweh has given," and it's been fading for a while now: fewer than five newborns last year.
Jonathan Pronunciation
What Jonathan means
Where Jonathan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jonathan begins in Hebrew, in the form Yehonatan, which unpacks as "Yahweh has given." It reads like a small sentence, a statement about where a child came from. English adopted the name and made it both common and warm, though the Hebrew grammar still sits under every spelling.
The oldest famous bearer stands in the Hebrew Bible. Jonathan, son of King Saul, gave his loyalty to David, and their bond became one of Scripture's most quoted friendships. The meaning stays near that story. "Yahweh has given" works less as a label than as a claim the text keeps repeating.
On a Polish class register, Jonatan sits among the Antonis and Szymons, usually spelled with a single t. The word behind it does not change with the spelling. For Polish parents the sense holds steady: dar od Boga, a gift from God.
How many people are named Jonathan
1 in 11342 men in Poland is named Jonathan. 1,882 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #721 among male names.
Jonathan's popularity over time
4 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1068 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #721 name among living men, even as it slips to #1068 among newborns.
Where parents choose Jonathan
Jonathan is most popular in Lubusz, 296% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Subcarpathian (+226%) and Silesian (+73%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Greater Poland, 13% and 9% below average respectively.
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Lubusz
+296%1 in 24,829 babies
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Subcarpathian
+226%1 in 30,141 babies
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Silesian
+73%1 in 56,896 babies
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Lesser Poland
−13%1 in 113,458 babies
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Greater Poland
−9%1 in 107,622 babies
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Lubusz+296% 2 born1 in 24,829 babies+296%
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Subcarpathian+226% 4 born1 in 30,141 babies+226%
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Silesian+73% 4 born1 in 56,896 babies+73%
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Masovian+66% 6 born1 in 59,044 babies+66%
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Pomeranian+33% 2 born1 in 73,661 babies+33%
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Greater Poland−9% 2 born1 in 107,622 babies−9%
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Lesser Poland−13% 2 born1 in 113,458 babies−13%
Jonathan as a middle name
Jonathan is a first name for 1,882 men in Poland and a middle name for another 452, an 81/19 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 332nd, between Hilary (453) and Frank (450).
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#330 Bogusz454
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#331 Hilary453
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#332 Jonathan452
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#333 Frank450
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#334 Karl448