Yonatan

E225874

Hebrew given name masculine given name

Yonatan is a Hebrew given name, commonly associated with the biblical figure Jonathan and meaning "God has given."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yehonatan	9
Yonatan canonical	7
Yonathan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2016603 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yonatan
Context triple: [Jonathan, variantForm, Yonatan]

A. Ze'ev
Ze'ev is a Hebrew given name meaning "wolf," commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide.
B. Eliam
Eliam is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as the father of Bathsheba and one of King David’s warriors.
C. Nethanel
Nethanel is a biblical figure mentioned as one of the sons in Jesse’s family line, associated with the ancestry of King David.
D. Yishai
Yishai is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Jesse, known as the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
E. Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yonatan
Target entity description: Yonatan is a Hebrew given name, commonly associated with the biblical figure Jonathan and meaning "God has given."

A. Ze'ev
Ze'ev is a Hebrew given name meaning "wolf," commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide.
B. Eliam
Eliam is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as the father of Bathsheba and one of King David’s warriors.
C. Nethanel
Nethanel is a biblical figure mentioned as one of the sons in Jesse’s family line, associated with the ancestry of King David.
D. Yishai
Yishai is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Jesse, known as the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
E. Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ
associatedWith	Jonathan (biblical figure) ⓘ
category	Biblical name ⓘ Jewish given name ⓘ Theophoric name ⓘ
culturalAssociation	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
etymologicalComponent	YHWH ⓘ surface form: Yah (Yahweh) natan (to give) ⓘ
frequency	common in modern Israel ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasDiminutive	Yoni ⓘ
hasTransliterationVariant	Yonatan self-link ⓘ Yonatan (ISO 259 style) ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Hebrew ⓘ
meaning	God has given ⓘ Yahweh has given ⓘ
nameDayTradition	not commonly associated with fixed name days ⓘ
originPeriod	Biblical era ⓘ
relatedName	Jonathan ⓘ Yonatan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yehonatan Yonatan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yonathan
religiousContext	Judaism ⓘ
script	Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
shortFormOf	Yonatan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yehonatan
usageRegion	Israel ⓘ Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ
variantFormOf	Jonathan ⓘ Yonatan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yehonatan
writingDirection	right-to-left ⓘ