Jonathan vs Ian - What's the difference?
jonathan | ian |
A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
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of biblical origin.
* 1936 (w, Frank O'Connor), In The Train . The Stories of Frank O'Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166:
* 1998 , The Chimney Sweeper's Boy , ISBN 0670879274, page 168:
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* 1975 , , World of Wonders , ISBN 0670817902, page 736
As a proper noun jonathan
is a son of saul, first mentioned in 1 samuel.As a noun jonathan
is (en) an apple cultivar from new york.As a determiner ian is
.As an adverb ian is
.jonathan
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And it came to pass, when he had made an end to speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan' was knit with the soul of David, and ' Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
- "Well indeed," said Foley, "'tis a mystery to me how the sergeant puts up with her. If any woman up and called me an outlandish name like Jonathan when everyone knew my name was plain John I'd do fourteen days for her - by God, I would, and a calendar month."
- So I'd change to names I really like. I mean, Jonathan'. If I ever have a son I'm going to call him '''Jonathan''', so I'd have that. And then I like monosyllabic surnames that aren't too common, so I'd have Dean or Bell or King. There you are, how about ' Jonathan King?
ian
English
Alternative forms
* IainProper noun
(en proper noun)- “If you want a Scotch name why don’t you call him Jock?” Macgregor looked disgusted. “Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian'. If you want to call him ' Ian Fetch, I shall say no more.”
References
*Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoinby Josh Mittleman