BAR-JONAH.See Bar, and John (No. 6).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
bar-jō?na (Βαρ-ιωνᾶς, Bar-iōnás): Simon Peter's patronymic (Mat_16:17). Bar is Aramaic for ?son? (compare Bar-timaeus, Bartholomew, etc.), and corresponds to Hebrew bēň. Thus we are to understand that Peter's father's name was Jonah. But in Joh_1:42; Joh_21:15-17, according to the best reading, his name is given as John (so the Revised Version (British and American), instead of the King James Version Jona, Jonas). There are two hypotheses to account for this difference: (1) Iōnas (Jonah) in Mat_16:17 may be simply a contraction of Iōanēs (John); (2) Peter's father may have been known by two names, Jonah and John.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.