Yonah
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning dove.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Yonah by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Yonah. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 32 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yonah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yonasdove; a form of Jonah3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yohangod is gracious; a form of John15 in England and Wales (2025)
- YosiahGod supports; variant of Josiah12 in the US (2017)
- Younasdove; form of Yunus or Jonah7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yovangod is gracious; a form of John6 in the US (2017)
- Yonis20 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Yonah, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Yonah
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