Given name
Jonie
“God is gracious”
Jonie is a variant of Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jonie is a variant of Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jonie is a variant of Jane. The history of Jane gives this family its wider story. Lady Jane Grey is one of the name’s historical bearers. In fiction, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre gave it a lasting nineteenth-century association; the novel appeared in 1847.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jonie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,290
- 44 boys · 1,246 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 58 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,369 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,369 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 58 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,257 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.
Jonie’s family of names
Jonie has a related form in Joan. Jonie has a related form in Jane.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Jonie, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“God is gracious”
>99% girls
Jandy
“God is gracious”
7% boys · 93% girls
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“God is gracious”
>99% girls