Jna.

Proper noun

Jonathan (countable and uncountable, plural Jonathans)

1. A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
   • 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.
2. Jonathan Apphus, a son of Mattathias, brother of Joannan Caddis, Simon Thassi, Judas Maccabeus and Eleazar Avara.
   • Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Maccabees 9:19
3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • “Well indeed,” said Foley, “’tis a mystery to me how the sergeant puts up with her. If any woman up and called me an outlandish name like Jonathan when everyone knew my name was plain John I’d do fourteen days for her - by God, I would, and a calendar month.”1936 Frank O'Connor, In The Train. The Stories of Frank O’Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166
4. A surname from Hebrew.

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