jonah

< /ˈdʒoʊ nəs/. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “dove.”

noun

1. Old Testament
   1. a Hebrew prophet who, having been thrown overboard from a ship in which he was fleeing from God, was swallowed by a great fish and vomited onto dry land
   2. the book in which his adventures are recounted
2. a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him; a jinx