Yonah is the Hebrew original of Jonah and means "dove", the bird of peace; the prophet Yonah is read in full on Yom Kippur afternoon. The spelling with Y marks it as a Jewish choice, while Jonah serves the wider American public. Yonah stood at number 4568 in 2000, rose to its best rank of 2955 in 2024 and sits at number 2989 in 2025.