Yona
[ˈjoʊ.nə]Meaning
Hebrew form of Jonah; a unisex name in modern Hebrew.
Background Story
Yona is the Hebrew form of Jonah, and it is a unisex name in modern Hebrew. Behind the Name lists it as used in Amharic, Arabic, Arabic (Maghrebi), Azerbaijani, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English and Estonian. In Tumbuka it was borrowed from English Jonah, which comes from the Hebrew word for dove. In Pali and the Prakrits, and as Yavana in Sanskrit, the word was used in ancient India to designate Greek speakers.
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