Baby name
RISING
🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 Jona
/YO · nah/
Meaning
“Dove”
Feminine or gender-neutral form of Jonah, Hebrew for 'dove'; the biblical prophet's name repurposed with a softer, modern Scandinavian and German feel.
Nicknames
jonah · jonathan · jonas
Vibe
warmplayful
How it ages.
Fresh and soft; rides the current wave of short, vowel-ending names for girls.
The cultural moment.
Rising in Germany and the Netherlands since roughly 2010; gaining in Austria simultaneously.