Yehonatan
A Hebrew name meaning "god has given", the fuller form behind Jonatan. It barely registers in Poland: fewer than a hundred men carry it, and most Poles will never meet one.
Yehonatan Pronunciation
Yehonatan is pronounced ih-e-kho-NAH-tahn (/ɨɛxɔˈnatan/).
What Yehonatan means
Where Yehonatan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Yehonatan comes from Hebrew. It joins Yeho, a short form of the divine name, to natan, the verb for giving. Read together, the parts mean god has given.
Jewish tradition holds the name through Jonathan, son of King Saul. The books of Samuel record his loyalty to David in close detail, and that friendship kept the name in use long after the reign it began in.
Polish speakers meet it more often as Jonatan, the trimmed variant. On an imieniny form at the urząd, the shorter spelling is the one that fits the line. Behind both versions sits the same Hebrew grammar: Yeho for God, natan for the gift, god has given.
How many people are named Yehonatan
1 in 245358 men in Poland is named Yehonatan. 87 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3784 among male names.
Yehonatan's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Yehonatan as a middle name
Yehonatan is a first name for 87 men in Poland and a middle name for another 7, a 93/7 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4093rd, between Yağiz (7) and Yogeshbhai (7).
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#4091 Yaw7
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#4092 Yağiz7
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#4093 Yehonatan7
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#4094 Yogeshbhai7
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#4095 Younes7