Ionatan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yo-na-TAN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Ionatan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has given”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Ionatan mean?
Hebrew: Romanian form of Jonathan
“God has given”
Is Ionatan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ionatan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ionatan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ionatan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Ionatan since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Ionatan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ionatan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
Names like Ionatan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elijah, Isaiah, Ivan, Tobias, Reuben, Zachary, Isaac, Elias, Rowan, Roman, Noah, Gabriel
Names related to Ionatan
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ionatan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ionatan, updated 20 October 2026.