Given name
Fonzie
“prepared for battle; eager and ready”
Fonzie is a variant of Fonso. In German use, Fonso carries the interpretation “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fonzie is a variant of Fonso. In German use, Fonso carries the interpretation “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fonzie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 56
- 56 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 9 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 boys is 8 in 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 123 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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