Given name & surname

Lonie

“having the strength of a lion”

Lonie is a variant of Loni. In English use, Loni carries the interpretation “having the strength of a lion.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Lonie is a variant of Loni. In English use, Loni carries the interpretation “having the strength of a lion.”

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Lonie through the years

Babies since 1880
2,755
1,078 boys · 1,677 girls
Most popular year
1919
76 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
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Lonie in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Boys, girls and both

The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 39% boys.

Boys Girls
0%50%100%18801900192019401960198020002020
Five-year rolling share of U.S. births. Blank stretches had too few births to read.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 678 as a first name in 2020; 307 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.

Lonie’s family of names

Lonie has a related form in Loni.

Walk Lonie’s family in the name graph

LonieLonyeLoni

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

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 Lonie, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Old-fashioned

Ossie

“the power of God”

0Not recently recorded

37% boys · 63% girls

Old-fashioned

Ozie

“having great strength”

0Not recently recorded

43% boys · 57% girls

Old-fashioned

Clemmie

“one who is merciful” · “an easygoing woman”

0Not recently recorded

27% boys · 73% girls

Old-fashioned

Osie

0Not recently recorded

36% boys · 64% girls

Latin · Old-fashioned

Claudie

“one who is lame”

0Not recently recorded

44% boys · 56% girls

Old-fashioned

Ocie

22RareRising fast

19% boys · 81% girls

American · Old-fashioned

Larue

“from the medicinal herb” · “the red-haired man”

14Very rareEasing

25% boys · 75% girls

Old-fashioned

Acie

“one who excels; number one; the best”

0Not recently recordedRising

64% boys · 36% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lonie’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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