Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 Jhonatan
/zhoh · NAH · tan/
Meaning
“God has given”
Brazilian and Colombian phonetic respelling of Jonathan, from Hebrew Yonatan meaning 'God has given'; one of the most common jh- respellings in Latin American naming.
Nicknames
jho · jhon
Vibe
elegant
How it ages.
The phonetic spelling will date it - Jonathan is the more durable choice.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil and Colombia from the 1990s through 2000s.