♂ Name Yonah

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Yonah is a ♂ boy name.

Where does the name Yonah come from?

Yonah (יוֹנָה) is a Hebrew name which occurs in the bible. In the Old Testament Yonah was a prophet, who fled by boat, because he was commanded by God to preach in Nineveh. As punishment, God sent a storm, the other sailors threw Yonah overboard and he was swallowed by a fish. After three days and three nights, he emerged from the fish alive and went to Nineveh. The English form of the name is Jonah.

What does the name Yonah mean?

Yonah means “dove” (from Hebrew “yoná/יוֹנָה”) and originally derived from the ancient Greek word “oiōnós/οἰωνός” meaning “sign” or “omen”, because in ancient Greece the people believed that birds were sent by gods as a sign. Besides, Yonah could be derived from the Greek word “Ionas” (Ίωνας) meaning “one of the Ionians”, “inhabitant of Ionia” or “member of the Greek tribe Ionians”.

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