Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Lonis isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lonis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 6 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 5 in 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1935. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 200 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.
Lonis’s family of names
In Greek usage, Lonis as a surname is a transliteration of Λώνης.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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 Lonis, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Donis
Donis is used as a given name and a surname. Donis is connected with Adonis.
>99% boys
Levis
>99% boys
Odis
Odis is a masculine given name.
>99% boys
Lowell
“resembling a young wolf”
99% boys · 1% girls
Leonhard
“having the strength of a lion” · “one who is brave”
>99% boys
Arliss
“from the high fortress” · “of the pledge”
>99% boys
Lorence
“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”
>99% boys
Lyndell
“from the valley of linden trees” · “a man of the lake”
>99% boys