Name meaning & stats
Jonas
Jonas means “dove” (Hebrew origin). 25,955 US babies since 1940, peak 2008.
What it means
“dove”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2008
25,955 US babies were named Jonas between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jonas (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 86% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2008)