Why would you put an "h" in Jonathan? Does anyone do that? *puzzled*
In 2011 "Johnathan" ranked #240 in name popularity, and "Jonathan" ranked #31. There are several other sort-of commonish variants, like "Jonathon" with (#820) and without an 'h' (#612), and even less common variants.
So yeah, no-h beats with-h, but both are actually relatively common.
I expect the 'h' is in there sometimes for the same reason it is in "John" (#27). "Jon" (#687) without the h is much less common.
Maybe the UK is stricter with name spellings, but in the US variations are very common. For example, in 2011, "Stephen" ranked #229 and "Steven" #124.
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Date: 2012-10-25 06:55 pm (UTC)In 2011 "Johnathan" ranked #240 in name popularity, and "Jonathan" ranked #31. There are several other sort-of commonish variants, like "Jonathon" with (#820) and without an 'h' (#612), and even less common variants.
So yeah, no-h beats with-h, but both are actually relatively common.
I expect the 'h' is in there sometimes for the same reason it is in "John" (#27). "Jon" (#687) without the h is much less common.
Maybe the UK is stricter with name spellings, but in the US variations are very common. For example, in 2011, "Stephen" ranked #229 and "Steven" #124.