Jonas
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Greek Ίωνας, used in the Greek translation of the Old Testament for Hebrew יוֹנָה 'dove'.
The name of an Old Testament character. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Jonas.
- England
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- Dutch
- ● 1576 Jonas AuFr Backereel;
1579 Jonas ibid. Brun;
1581 Jonas ibid. Bone;
1583 Jonas ibid. Allensson;
1585 Jonas ibid. Breen;
1587 Jonas ibid. Bijler;
1588 Jonas ibid. Beke
- Early Modern English
- ● 1587 Jonas BUmar-vol2 p. 64
- Walloon
- ● 1581 Jonas RWC p. 3;
1581/2 Jonas ibid. p. 4;
1582 Jonas ibid. p. 4;
1582/3 Jonas ibid. p. 6;
1583/4 Jonas ibid. p. 8;
1590/1 Jonas ibid. p. 15;
1590 Jonas ibid. p. 441;
1591 Jonas ibid. p. 563;
1592 Jonas ibid. p. 23;
1593/4 Jonas ibid. p. 30;
1593 Jonas ibid. p. 564
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Jonam (nom) irminon-vol2 6, Wan;
848 Jonam (acc) CartNoaille III;
1123 Jona (abl) CartYonne1 CXXXVI,
Jonas (nom) ibid. CXXXIV
- Middle French
- ● 1563 Jonas RegPCC-1 p. 30;
1565 Jonas ibid. p. 196;
1567 Jonas ibid. p. 305;
1571 Jonas ibid. p. 441;
1590 Jonas raymond1588 p. 572
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1197 jonas (nom) quix-vol1 83
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1220 Jonas (nom) CartHaut 36
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Jonas". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Jonas.