Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Jonas m. 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.

Austria
Latin
● 1574 Jonas (nom) ChronSH p. 22
Belgium
Dutch
● 1579 Jonas MPSA p. 82; 1580 Jonas ibid. p. 82
England
Dutch
● 1572 Jonus AuFr Proost; 1576 Jonas ibid. Backereel; 1577 Jonas ibid. Jansen; 1579 Jonas ibid. Brun; 1581 Jonas ibid. Bone; 1583 Jonas ibid. Allensson; 1585 Jonas ibid. Breen; 1587 Jonas ibid. Bijler; 1588 Jonas ibid. Beke; 1590 Jonas ibid. Steenvers; 1592 Jonas ibid. Staelens; 1594 Jonas ibid. Houwe; 1597 Jonas ibid. Regius
Early Modern English
● 1587 Jonas BUmar-vol2 p. 64
Middle French
● 1568 Jonas WCS p. 39; 1575 Jonas ibid. p. 42; 1578 Jonas ibid. p. 43; 1579 Jonas ibid. p. 44; 1580 Jonas ibid. p. 102; 1586 Jonas ibid. p. 20; 1588 Jonas ibid. p. 47; 1591 Jonas ibid. p. 23
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; 1595 Jonas ibid. p. 38; 1596 Jonas ibid. p. 43; 1596/7 Jonas ibid. p. 45; 1597 Jonas ibid. p. 46; 1598 Jonas ibid. p. 49; 1598/9 Jonas ibid. p. 51; 1599 Jonas ibid. p. 52
France
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
Latin
● 1197 jonas (nom) quix-vol1 83
Switzerland
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 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Jonas.