Jonathanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθən/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɑnəθɪn/
• (Canada, dialects of the 米国発音) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθɪn/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔnəθɪn/
• ハイフネーション: Jon‧a‧than

固有名詞

Jonathan (countable and uncountable, plural Jonathans)

1. (biblical) A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 18:1:
     :

     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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Maccabees 9:19:

     Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin.

3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • 1936 Frank O'Connor, In The Train. The Stories of Frank O’Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166:

     “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.”

   • 1998, Barbara Vine, The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy, →ISBN, page 168:

     So I’d change to names I really like. I mean, Jonathan. If I ever have a son I’m going to call him Jonathan, so I’d have that. And then I like monosyllabic surnames that aren’t too common, so I’d have Dean or Bell or King. There you are, how about Jonathan King?

   • 2016 March 10, Phil Rosenthal, “Who’s really interested in the second Most Interesting Man, Dos Equis?”, in Chicago Tribune‎, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     It is billed as a one-way trip, which by definition will make the Most Interesting Man, played till now by 77-year-old Jonathan Goldsmith, no longer the most interesting man in this world.

4. A surname from Hebrew.

関連する語

• nonstandard spellings: Jonathon, Johnathan
• pet forms: Jon, Jonty, Jonny, Nathan

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jonathan is the 39004 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 565 individuals. Jonathan is most common among White (41.95%), Asian/Pacific Islander (16.64%), Black/African American (15.75%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.27%) individuals.

名詞

Jonathan (plural Jonathans)

1. An apple cultivar from New York.
   • 2018 October 4, “4H column: Join the Great Lakes Apple Crunch”, in Chillicothe Gazette:

     For example, Jonathans are tart and great for baking.

2. (dated, slang) An American; a Yank; Brother Jonathan.
   • 1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 59:

     Here crashed a sturdy oath of stout John Bull,
     Who damned away his eyes as heretofore;
     There Paddy brogued “By Jasus!”—“What’s your Wull?”
     The temperate Scot exclaimed; the French Ghost swore
     In certain terms I shan’t translate in full,
     As the first Coachman will; and midst the roar
     The voice of Jonathan was heard to express,
     “Our president is going to war, I guess.”—

   • 2014, Francis Hodge, Yankee Theatre: The Image of America on the Stage, 1825–1850:

     The best single source of comment on Marble's capacities as a low comedian, as with the other Yankees, is the record of his London reception. […] One viewer thought it was not as outrageous as Jonathans usually are, […]

3. (slang) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jonathan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 254.

発音

• Jonathan:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈjɔ.na.tʰan]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈjɔː.na.tan]
• Jonathān:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈjɔ.na.tʰaːn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈjɔː.na.tan]

固有名詞

Jonathan m (indeclinable)

1. Jonathan (Biblical character)

固有名詞

Jonathān

1. accusative of Jonathās