Talk:Jonathan (name)

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Contents 1 alternate names 2 Alphabetization 3 Split 4 JB? 5 list of people with first name jonathan 6 Meaning of Name

[edit] alternate names

For alternate names, should Johnny be included? Johnny in that spelling is the familial formation of John

[Jonathan|Jon|Jonnie] [John|Jack|Johnny]

-- Jon ^{Talk | Message.} 17:48, 3 June 2006

[edit] Alphabetization

I've alphabetized all of the "Famous Jonathans" and added one. I would suggest that if you add a name to this list, please put it where it belongs alphabetically. I'm anal about that sort of thing:) --Jechasteen 05:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Split

I'm not sure which came first, but this page needs to be split into at least two. The biblical figure deserves his own article on Wikipedia free of any material on the name itself, except a link to the name article. Likewise, the name deserves its own article, especially since there is confusion over the relationship between Jonathan and John. I would prefer Jonathan (Biblical figure) and Jonathan as the article titles. -Acjelen 16:30, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JB?

How do you 'JB' out of Jonathan?

Jeez, that's some old vandalism. Thanks for pointing it out. I've removed it. TomTheHand 02:39, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I thought so.Kidcorona 03:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] list of people with first name jonathan

I've removed this list again. It is and will always be woefully incomplete and will never be anything than an indiscriminate list clogging the page. While there has been discussion about the format for dab pages about surnames, the given name pages only very rarely list these and the recent discussion on Julie has confirmed that the link to special:allpages is preferable. Pascal.Tesson 17:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Meaning of Name

"Whom Jehovah gave", "God's gift", "Gift of god"

I added the last two since the first is not the only one. It would be biased to leave other common meanings out, as they are distinct and come from different histories. The name may mean either the act of giving or the state of having a gift, likewise to its roots. 69.229.120.173 17:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)