Given name & surname
Moni
“a wealthy man”
Moni is a variant of Money. One American interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Moni is a variant of Money. One American interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Moni is a variant of Money. An origin associated with Money is American.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Moni is a diminutive of Monica. In English usage, Moni is a diminutive of Monika.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Moni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 100
- 6 boys · 94 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,515 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,515 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 789 as a first name in 2020; 357 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.
Moni’s family of names
In English usage, Moni is a diminutive of Monica. Moni has a related form in Money. In English usage, Moni is a diminutive of Monika.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Moni
- Moni MoshonovIsraeli actor, comedian and theater directorborn 1951
- Moni Nilsson-BrännströmSwedish authorborn 1955
- Moni NaorIsraeli cryptographerborn 1961
- Moni SinghBangladeshi politician (1900-1990)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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