Jonathan (first name)
Jonathan is a male given name ; Jonathan a variant of it.
Origin and meaning of the name
The name Jonathan is the derivation of the Hebrew name Jeho-nathan (Jonathan) in the German language. Jeho is a short form of the name YHWH . Nathan means "has given". Jonathan or Jeho-nathan thus means: “Yahweh has given”, “Yahweh gave [him]”, “gift of Yahweh” or “gift of Yahweh”. A translation with "God's gift" or "God's gift" is not literal, this translation applies rather to the name " Nathanael " , which is related to Jonathan .
name day
- December 29th (see also list of name days )
Name bearer
- Jonathan Akpoborie (* 1968), Nigerian football player
- Jonathan Antoine (born 1995), British singer
- Jonathan Babineaux (born 1981), American football player
- Jonathan Bamba (* 1996), French football player
- Jonathan Barber (* ≈1990), American jazz musician
- Jonathan Birch (* 1968), English snooker player
- Jonathan Carroll (born 1949), American writer
- Jonathan Demme (1944–2017), American film director
- Jonathan Dorn , American musician
- Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), Congregational preacher and missionary
- Jonathan Frakes (* 1952), American actor, director and television presenter
- Jonathan Franzen (* 1959), American writer
- Jonathan Safran Foer (* 1977), American writer
- Jonathan Goldberger (* 1976), American jazz guitarist
- Jonathan Good (born 1985), American wrestler, actor
- Jonathan Hyde (born 1948), British actor
- Jonathan Ive (* 1967), British designer who was instrumental in designing a large number of Apple products
- Jonathan Jaffe (* 1987), American poker player
- Jonathan Jäger (* 1978), French football player
- Jonathan Klinsmann (* 1997), German-American football goalkeeper
- Jonathan Little (poker player) (born 1984), American poker player
- Jonathan Mann (* 1960), Canadian journalist and television presenter
- Jonathan Mason (1756–1831), American politician
- Jonathan Meese (* 1970) is a German artist
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers (* 1977) is an Irish theater and film actor
- Jonathan Michel (* ≈1990), American jazz musician
- Jonathan Noyce (* 1971), British musician, member of the British rock band Jethro Tull
- Jonathan Orozco (* 1986) Mexican soccer player
- Jonathan Petersen (1881–1961), Greenlandic composer, songwriter, organist, writer and linguist
- Jonathan Pitroipa (* 1986), Burkinabe soccer player
- Jonathan Quick (* 1986), American ice hockey goalkeeper
- Jonathan Russell (1771–1832), American diplomat and politician
- Jonathan Sloane (1785-1854), American politician
- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Anglo-Irish writer
- Jonathan Tah (* 1996), German soccer player
- Jonathan Théry (* 1981), French musician
- Jonathan Urretaviscaya (* 1990), Uruguayan football player
- Jonathan Vaughters (* 1973), American racing cyclist
- Jonathan Westerberg (* 1994), Swedish chess player
Bible
Mishnah teacher
- Jonatan (Tannaite) , 3rd generation Tannaite
- Jonathan ben Eleazar , 1st generation Palestinian Amora
- Jonatan ben Usiel , Tannaite of the 1st century AD
family name
- Alaba Jonathan (* 1992), Nigerian soccer player
- Goodluck Jonathan (* 1957), Nigerian President
- Leabua Jonathan (1914–1987), Prime Minister of Lesotho
- Wesley Jonathan (* 1978), American actor
Fictional characters
literature
- Novel: The Seagull Jonathan by Richard Bach
- Roman: The wondrous world tour of Jonathan Blum by Rainer M. Schröder
- Novel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Manga series: Jonathan (Sheldon) from Fullmoon wo Sagashite by Arina Tanemura
- Jonathan comic series in Tintin magazine
- Youth book: The dreams of Jonathan Jabbok - Neschan trilogy by Ralf Isau
- Children's book: One of the brothers from The Lionheart Brothers by Astrid Lindgren
- Children's book: Jonathan by Günther Feustel
- Children's book: Jonathan spite in the flying classroom by Erich Kästner
- Fictional character in Bram Stoker's Dracula : Jonathan Harker
- Fictional character of the Tortall series Alanna - The Song of the Lioness : King Jonathan von Conté by Tamora Pierce
- Manga series: Jonathan Joestar from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki
Cinema and film
- Jonathan Archer , fictional captain of the spaceship Enterprise in the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise
- Jonathan (FRG 1970, director: Hans W. Geißendörfer )
- Jonathan Hart , title hero of the television series Hart but Warm , played by Robert Wagner
- Jonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill , one of the protagonists of the Roland Emmerich film Stargate and the science fiction series Stargate: SG-1 based on it , played by Kurt Russell and Richard Dean Anderson
- Jonathan Smith , main character in the TV series An Angel on Earth , played by Michael Landon
- Jonathan Zimmermann main character in the film The American Friend of Wim Wenders , played by Bruno Ganz
- Oh Jonathan - oh Jonathan! (FRG 1973, with Heinz Rühmann , director: Franz Peter Wirth )
- Jonathan Quayle Higgins , character in the television series Magnum , portrayed by John Hillerman
Reception in the lyric
According to biblical tradition, Jonathan betrayed his father Saul's plans to murder David and thereby saved his life. As a result, his name became the epitome of intimate friendship and was often used in literary terms. However, this was only ascribed to "older poets" in the Grimm .
"Let me experience David's happiness:
give me a Jonathan who
may give me his heart,
who, even if everyone
does not want to treat me any more, will
not be separated from me,
but firmly in good and bad
as a rock with me stand. "
"As yet unknown and unappreciated
, a Jonathan lives here and there,
who has shown greater loyalty to his friend
than one can hope for from brothers."