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Jonathan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• audio Queensland
• /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθɪn/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈd͡ʒɑnəθən/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˈd͡ʒɔnəθɪn/ (Australia)
• /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (yəhōnāṯān), יוֹנָתָן (yōnāṯān, literally “God has given”), apparently with influence from Aramaic [Term?].

Meanings

1. An apple cultivar from New York.
   • For example, Jonathans are tart and great for baking. 2018 October 4, “4H column: Join the Great Lakes Apple Crunch”, in Chillicothe Gazette:
2. (dated, slang) An American; a Yank; Brother Jonathan.
   • 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, […] 2014, Francis Hodge, Yankee Theatre: The Image of America on the Stage, 1825–1850:
   • 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.”— 1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 59:
3. (slang) penis

Forms

Synonyms

tongue · piece of pork · phallus · meat · snausage · wang · meat scepter · hog · trouser snake · organ · verge · pistol · hose · spitstick · membrum virile · pee-pee · shmekl (q · thingy · love sausage · D · dong · gun · weenie · joint · thing · custard launcher · pork sword · chode · hoo-hoo · bobby · wiener · fuckpole · hammer · schlong · hairy canary · winkle · it · whale · colloquial · magnum · machine · prick · dock · p-word · birdie · meatstick · knob · jimmy · hagfish · purple-headed yogurt slinger · dicklet · unit · love stick · nob · wingwang · old fellow · dingaling · pipe · wick · snake · disco stick · cock · shaft · diddle · widdler · sucker · dog bone · sausage · langer · eggplant · dingus · third leg · cigar · donger · pike · cack · diddly · rape tool · todger · male member · John Thomas · willie · dinkle · pego · dingy · rutter · Percy · doodle · virile member · nature's scythe · pillicock · pink oboe · pud · pizzle · truncheon · lingam · pickle · sex tool · anaconda · peener · rod · dipstick · cucumber · stem · root · tarse · man-meat · jade stalk · penis · job · old chap · pee-wee · fucker · short arm · piston · fire hose · hot rod · kielbasa · winky · package · manhood · love truncheon · ding-a-ling · stretcher · down · meat rod · widgie · Master John Goodfellow · jigger · meat puppet · dinger · python · love wand · dork · tadger · choad · dingle · hooter · member · weapon · piece · Excalibur · dirk · plonker · whang · schmuck · hot dog · meat stick · trouser monkey · jamoke · jock · skin flute · pink cigar · bald-headed hermit · one-eyed trouser snake · weeny · Jonathan · boonga · pecker · putz · tool · salami · pintle · tail · tallywhacker · shlong · lad · peen · ying-yang · peter · fish · dink · willy · Donkey Kong · joystick · dick · crank · chopper · ramrod · wee-wee · love muscle · tic tac · baloney pony · tagger · corey · banana · johnson · Yiddish) · toy · bird · pisser · yard · tube steak · eel · choda · swipe · gherkin · pingas · ding-dong

Translations (3)

ro ionatan (apple cultivar) · ja 紅玉 (apple cultivar) · he יוֹנָתָן (apple cultivar)

Jonathan en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• audio Queensland
• /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθɪn/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈd͡ʒɑnəθən/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˈd͡ʒɔnəθɪn/ (Australia)
• /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (yəhōnāṯān), יוֹנָתָן (yōnāṯān, literally “God has given”), apparently with influence from Aramaic [Term?].

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
   • 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. (countable, uncountable) Jonathan Apphus, a son of Mattathias, brother of Joannan Caddis, Simon Thassi, Judas Maccabeus and Eleazar Avara.
   • Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Maccabees 9:19:
3. (countable, uncountable) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • 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. 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 Aug 2025:
   • “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.” 1936 Frank O'Connor, In The Train. The Stories of Frank O’Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166
   • 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? 1998, Barbara Vine, The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy, →ISBN, page 168:
4. (countable, uncountable) A surname from Hebrew.

Forms

Relateds

Jon (pet forms) · Jonny (pet forms) · Nathan (pet forms) · Jonty (pet forms) · Jonathon · Johnathan

Translations (67)

no Jonathan (male given name) · yi יונתן (biblical character) · es Jonatán (male given name) · grc Ἰωνάθαν (male given name) · ro Ionatan (biblical character) · cop ⲓⲱⲛⲁⲑⲁⲛ (biblical character) · sv Jonatan (biblical character) · hy Յովնաթան (male given name) · pt Jónatas (male given name) · la Iōnāthās (biblical character) · fi Jonatan (biblical character) · cmn 約拿單 /约拿单 (biblical character) · el Τζόναθαν (male given name) · la Iōnāthān (male given name) · de Jonathan (biblical character) · el Ιωαναθάν (male given name) · it Gionata (male given name) · fr Jonathan (biblical character) · el Ιωναθάν (male given name) · la Iōnāthās (male given name) · swb Yonatani (biblical character) · cmn 喬納森 /乔纳森 (male given name) · he יוֹנָתָן (male given name) · ru Ионафа́н (biblical character) · ar يُونَاثَان (biblical character) · fi Joonatan (male given name) · fo Jónatan (male given name) · pt Jônatas (biblical character) · fo Jónatan (biblical character) · ar جُونَاثَان (biblical character) · no Jonatan (biblical character) · es Jonatán (biblical character) · fr Jonathan (male given name) · ru Джо́натан (male given name) · grc Ἰωνάθαν (biblical character) · el Ιωνάθανος (male given name) · gd Ianatan (male given name) · pt Jonathan (male given name) · hy Յովնաթան (biblical character) · mi Honatana (biblical character) · de Jonathan (male given name) · da Jonathan (male given name) · la Jonathas (biblical character) · cs Jonatán (male given name) · ar جُونَاثَان (male given name) · hy Հովնաթան (male given name) · yi יונתן (male given name) · he יְהוֹנָתָן (biblical character) · gd Ianatan (biblical character) · grc Ἰωνᾱ́θης (male given name) · et Joonatan (male given name) · it Gionata (biblical character) · pt Jónatas (biblical character) · el Ιωνάθαν (male given name) · hy Հովնաթան (biblical character) · ro Ionatan (male given name) · grc Ἰωνᾱ́θης (biblical character) · pl Jonatan (male given name) · pl Jonatan (biblical character) · sv Jonatan (male given name) · da Jonatan (biblical character) · et Joonatan (biblical character) · el Ιωνάθας (male given name) · he יְהוֹנָתָן (male given name) · pt Jônatas (male given name) · la Jonathan (biblical character) · ko 요나단 (biblical character)

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