Joonas

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Joonas
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Region of origin Estonia, Finland

Joonas is an Estonian [1] and Finnish given name, a cognate of Jonas. Notable people with the given name include:

As a surname

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References

  1. "Eesnime Joonas statistika". www.stat.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 31 January 2022.