Where the spelling 조너선 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 조너선 for Jonathan.
People in the list with this given name:
- 번솔, 조너선 에드워드 — Bernthal, Jonathan Edward
- 배티스트, 조너선 (마이클) — Batiste, Jonathan (Michael)
- 스완, 조너선 — Swan, Jonathan
…and 9 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Other possible spellings
조나탄Jonatan · NIKL spelling of the Spanish name
What Jonathan means
Jonathan by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 43, 250,610 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 조너선: 12.
Korean names for Jonathan
These are the converter’s results for Jonathan as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
박준우Park JunuBoy’s name · 68% sound match
박준서Park JunseoBoy’s name · 64% sound match
박준영Park JunyeongBoy’s name · 64% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics