jonathan
ジョナサン
解説 Definition
英語圏で一般的な男性の名前。ヘブライ語で「神が与えた」を意味する。
Jonathan is a male given name commonly used in English-speaking communities. It is especially familiar from biblical tradition and is normally written with an initial capital letter when referring to a person.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Jonathan は人名なので通常は頭文字を大文字にする。短縮形 Jon と結び付け、Nathan と同じくヘブライ語の「与えた」に関係する名だと覚える。「Jonathan Swift」のように姓の前に置く場合と、呼び名として単独で使う場合を押さえよう。
Remember Jonathan as a personal name that normally begins with a capital letter. Connect it with the familiar short form Jon and with Nathan: both Jonathan and Nathan contain an element related to the Hebrew idea of giving. In sentences, Jonathan may appear before a family name, as in Jonathan Swift, or stand alone when friends and relatives refer to someone by his first name. This pattern helps distinguish it from an ordinary common noun.
例文
Jonathan Swift wrote the classic novel Gulliver's Travels.
ジョナサン・スウィフトは古典小説「ガリヴァー旅行記」を書きました。
My brother Jonathan is training to become a commercial pilot.
兄のジョナサンは旅客機のパイロットになるための訓練を受けています。
Jonathan has been organizing community clean-up events in his neighborhood.
ジョナサンは近所で地域の清掃イベントを企画しています。
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jonathan の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ヘブライ語 Yehonatan が語源。Yeho-（神）+ natan（与えた）で「神が与えた」の意。旧約聖書のサウル王の息子の名で知られる。関連名は Nathan（ネイサン）。Jon は Jonathan の短縮形にもなる。
Jonathan comes through biblical tradition from Hebrew Yehonatan or Yonatan. The name combines a divine-name element with a form of the Hebrew verb meaning “to give,” producing the traditional interpretation “God has given.” Jonathan, the son of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible, helped establish the name in Jewish and Christian naming traditions. Jon is commonly used as its shortened form.
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