Jonatan
A Hebrew name meaning "Yahweh has given." It stays rare in Poland: only about 2,300 men carry it, so most Poles have never met one, and it's given to boys only.
Jonatan Pronunciation
Jonatan is pronounced yo-NAH-tahn (/jɔˈnatan/).
What Jonatan means
Where Jonatan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jonatan reaches Polish from Hebrew, where Yonatan, and its fuller form Yehonatan, hold the sense "Yahweh has given." The meaning is a kind of thanks. It names a gift and, in the same breath, the one who gave it.
The oldest bearer most readers will recognise is the biblical Jonathan, son of King Saul, who bound himself in loyalty to the young David. That friendship gave the name a long life across many languages. Polish settled on its own spelling, Jonatan with a single t, rather than the English Jonathan.
In a Polish class register the name sits plainly among the rest, unremarkable and easy to read aloud. On his imieniny a boy called Jonatan might hear the Polish gloss offered back to him, "dar od Boga." It says in three words what the Hebrew already said: given by God.
When Jonatan celebrates name day
Jonatan appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 29 December.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Jonatan
1 in 9342 men in Poland is named Jonatan. 2,285 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #670 among male names.
Jonatan's popularity over time
31 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #437 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where parents choose Jonatan
Jonatan is most popular in Silesian, 83% above the national average (40 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lublin (+72%) and Lubusz (+67%). It is least common in Łódź and Warmian-Masurian, 75% and 71% below average respectively.
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Silesian
+83%1 in 5,690 babies
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Lublin
+72%1 in 6,040 babies
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Lubusz
+67%1 in 6,207 babies
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Łódź
−75%1 in 42,239 babies
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Warmian-Masurian
−71%1 in 35,897 babies
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West Pomeranian
−63%1 in 28,142 babies
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Silesian+83% 40 born1 in 5,690 babies+83%
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Lublin+72% 17 born1 in 6,040 babies+72%
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Lubusz+67% 8 born1 in 6,207 babies+67%
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Opole+35% 6 born1 in 7,683 babies+35%
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Lesser Poland+28% 28 born1 in 8,104 babies+28%
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Lower Silesian+19% 18 born1 in 8,730 babies+19%
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Subcarpathian+12% 13 born1 in 9,274 babies+12%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−5% 10 born1 in 10,938 babies−5%
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Greater Poland−8% 19 born1 in 11,329 babies−8%
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Pomeranian−22% 11 born1 in 13,393 babies−22%
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Masovian−24% 26 born1 in 13,626 babies−24%
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Podlaskie−37% 4 born1 in 16,447 babies−37%
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West Pomeranian−63% 3 born1 in 28,142 babies−63%
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Warmian-Masurian−71% 2 born1 in 35,897 babies−71%
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Łódź−75% 3 born1 in 42,239 babies−75%
Jonatan as a middle name
Jonatan is a first name for 2,285 men in Poland and a middle name for another 688, a 77/23 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 274th, between Max (697) and Bazyli (685).
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#272 Eduardo697
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#273 Max697
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#274 Jonatan688
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#275 Bazyli685
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#276 Johannes685