Standard Lemma guide

Jonathan

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθən/
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˈd͡ʒɑnəθən/ of Canada
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθɪn/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˈd͡ʒɔnəθɪn/
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: JH AA1 N AH0 TH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

Examples

  • And it came to pass, when he had made an end to speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Jonathan Apphus, a son of Mattathias, brother of Joannan Caddis, Simon Thassi, Judas Maccabeus and Eleazar Avara.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A surname from Hebrew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An apple cultivar from New York.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An American; a Yank; Brother Jonathan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

penis

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda, chode, chopper, cigar, cock, corey, crank, cucumber, custard launcher, D, dick, dicklet, diddle, diddly, dingaling, ding-a-ling, ding-dong, dinger, dingle, dingus, dingy, dink, dinkle, dipstick, dirk, disco stick, dog bone, dong, donger, Donkey Kong, doodle, dork, down, fire hose, fuckpole, gherkin, hairy canary, hammer, hog, hot dog, hot rod, hoo-hoo, hooter, it, jade stalk, jamoke, jigger, jimmy, job, jock, johnson, John Thomas, joint, Jonathan, joystick, kielbasa, knob, lad, langer, lingam, love muscle, love stick, love truncheon, love sausage, love wand, machine, magnum, Master John Goodfellow, male member, manhood, man-meat, meat, meat puppet, meat rod, meat scepter, meatstick, meat stick, member, membrum virile, nature's scythe, nob, old chap, old fellow, one-eyed trouser snake, organ, package, pecker, peen, peener, pee-pee, pee-wee, pego, penis, Percy, peter, phallus, pickle, piece, piece of pork, pike, pillicock, pingas, pink cigar, pink oboe, pintle, pipe, pisser, piston, pizzle, plonker, pork sword, prick, pud, purple-headed yogurt slinger, putz, p-word, python, ramrod, rape tool, rod, root, rutter, salami, sausage, schlong, schmuck, sex tool, shaft, shlong, shmekl (q, colloquial, Yiddish), short arm, skin flute, snake, snausage, spitstick, stem, stretcher, sucker, swipe, tadger, tagger, tail, tallywhacker, tarse, thing, thingy, third leg, tic tac, todger, tool, trouser monkey, trouser snake, truncheon, tube steak, unit, virile member, wang, weapon, wee-wee, weenie, weeny, whang, wick, widgie, widdler, wiener, willie, willy, wingwang, winkle, winky, yard, ying-yang

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

An instrument used by smokers to light pipes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eating apple, dessert apple

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (yəhōnāṯān), יוֹנָתָן (yōnāṯān, literally “God has given”), apparently with influence from Aramaic [Term?].

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يُونَاثَان (yūnāṯān) — biblical character
  • Arabic: جُونَاثَان (jūnāṯān) — biblical character
  • Armenian: Յովնաթան (Yovnatʻan) — biblical character
  • Armenian: Հովնաթան (Hovnatʻan) — biblical character
  • Chinese Mandarin: 約拿單 /约拿单 (Yuēnádān) — biblical character
  • Maore Comorian: Yonatani — biblical character
  • Coptic: ⲓⲱⲛⲁⲑⲁⲛ (iōnathan) — biblical character
  • Danish: Jonatan — biblical character
  • Estonian: Joonatan — biblical character
  • Faroese: Jónatan — biblical character
  • Finnish: Jonatan — biblical character
  • French: Jonathan — biblical character
  • German: Jonathan — biblical character
  • Ancient Greek: Ἰωνάθαν (Iōnáthan) — biblical character
  • Ancient Greek: Ἰωνᾱ́θης (Iōnā́thēs) — biblical character
  • Hebrew: יְהוֹנָתָן (yhonatán) — biblical character
  • Italian: Gionata — biblical character
  • Korean: 요나단 (Yonadan) — biblical character
  • Latin: Jonathan — biblical character
  • Latin: Jonathas — biblical character
  • Latin: Iōnāthās — biblical character
  • Māori: Honatana — biblical character
  • Norwegian: Jonatan — biblical character
  • Polish: Jonatan — biblical character
  • Portuguese: Jónatas — biblical character
  • Portuguese: Jônatas — biblical character
  • Romanian: Ionatan — biblical character
  • Russian: Ионафа́н (Ionafán) — biblical character
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ianatan — biblical character
  • Spanish: Jonatán — biblical character
  • Swedish: Jonatan — biblical character
  • Yiddish: יונתן (yoynesen) — biblical character
  • Arabic: جُونَاثَان (jūnāṯān) — male given name
  • Armenian: Յովնաթան (Yovnatʻan) — male given name
  • Armenian: Հովնաթան (Hovnatʻan) — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喬納森 /乔纳森 (Qiáonàsēn) — male given name
  • Czech: Jonatán — male given name
  • Danish: Jonathan — male given name
  • Estonian: Joonatan — male given name
  • Faroese: Jónatan — male given name
  • Finnish: Joonatan — male given name
  • French: Jonathan — male given name
  • German: Jonathan — male given name
  • Greek: Τζόναθαν (Tzónathan) — male given name
  • Greek: Ιωαναθάν (Ioanathán) — male given name
  • Greek: Ιωναθάν (Ionathán) — male given name
  • Greek: Ιωνάθαν (Ionáthan) — male given name
  • Greek: Ιωνάθανος (Ionáthanos) — male given name
  • Greek: Ιωνάθας (Ionáthas) — male given name
  • Ancient Greek: Ἰωνάθαν (Iōnáthan) — male given name
  • Ancient Greek: Ἰωνᾱ́θης (Iōnā́thēs) — male given name
  • Hebrew: יְהוֹנָתָן (yhonatán) — male given name
  • Hebrew: יוֹנָתָן (yonatán) — male given name
  • Italian: Gionata — male given name
  • Latin: Iōnāthās — male given name
  • Latin: Iōnāthān — male given name
  • Norwegian: Jonathan — male given name
  • Polish: Jonatan — male given name
  • Portuguese: Jónatas — male given name
  • Portuguese: Jônatas — male given name
  • Portuguese: Jonathan — male given name
  • Romanian: Ionatan — male given name
  • Russian: Джо́натан (Džónatan) — male given name
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ianatan — male given name
  • Spanish: Jonatán — male given name
  • Swedish: Jonatan — male given name
  • Yiddish: יונתן (yoynesen) — male given name
  • Hebrew: יוֹנָתָן (yonatán) — apple cultivar
  • Japanese: 紅玉 (kōgyoku) — apple cultivar
  • Romanian: ionatan — apple cultivar
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