Jonathan
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Jonatan.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jonathan (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jonathan has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 749 |
| 1999 | 741 |
| 2000 | 699 |
| 2001 | 605 |
| 2002 | 612 |
| 2003 | 613 |
| 2004 | 602 |
| 2005 | 541 |
| 2006 | 483 |
| 2007 | 444 |
| 2008 | 373 |
| 2009 | 358 |
| 2010 | 313 |
| 2011 | 317 |
| 2012 | 270 |
| 2013 | 258 |
| 2014 | 212 |
| 2015 | 215 |
| 2016 | 176 |
| 2017 | 143 |
| 2018 | 137 |
| 2019 | 103 |
| 2020 | 109 |
| 2021 | 117 |
| 2022 | 76 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 9,532 |
| 2000 | – | 10,245 |
| 2001 | – | 10,869 |
| 2002 | – | 11,501 |
| 2003 | – | 12,154 |
| 2004 | – | 12,760 |
| 2005 | – | 13,283 |
| 2006 | – | 13,777 |
| 2007 | – | 14,224 |
| 2008 | – | 14,681 |
| 2009 | – | 15,082 |
| 2010 | – | 15,427 |
| 2011 | – | 15,749 |
| 2012 | – | 16,042 |
| 2013 | – | 16,324 |
| 2014 | – | 16,563 |
| 2015 | – | 16,800 |
| 2016 | 10 | 17,021 |
| 2017 | 11 | 17,181 |
| 2018 | 12 | 17,342 |
| 2019 | – | 17,468 |
| 2020 | 13 | 17,573 |
Jonathan in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jonathan.Hi! My name is Jonathan.
- Har du träffat Jonathan? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Jonathan? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Jonathan i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Jonathan this afternoon.
- Jonathans mamma är lärare.Jonathan's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jonathans mamma is Jonathan's mum.
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Questions about Jonathan
How do you pronounce Jonathan in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jonathan from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jonathan mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Jonatan.
How popular is Jonathan in Sweden?
76 babies were named Jonathan in 2022. In 2020, 17,586 people in Sweden had Jonathan as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.