Given name & surname
Boni
“a well-behaved young woman”
Boni is a variant of Bonie. One English interpretation is “a well-behaved young woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Boni is a variant of Bonie. One English interpretation is “a well-behaved young woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Boni is a variant of Bonie. An origin associated with Bonie is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Boni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 368
- 0 boys · 368 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 625 as a first name in 2020; 1,414 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Boni’s family of names
In Italian usage, Boni as a surname has an affectionate form in BONETTI. Boni has a related form in Bonie. In Greek usage, Boni as a surname is a transliteration of Μπονί.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Boni
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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