Boy name Amharic origin Christian tradition

Yonas

YOH-nahs · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Dove (Jonah)
Language
Amharic
Culture
Ethiopian/Amharic
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
religious · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#6155
2024 births15
Peak year2003
First appeared1985
Total US births409
2003 peak19851995200520142024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Yo
Alternate spellings
YonassYohanis
In other languages
Yonas (Amharic)Yunus (Arabic)Jonas (English)

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