Given name & surname
Noni
“the ninth-born child”
Noni is a variant of Nonnie. One Latin interpretation is “the ninth-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Noni is a variant of Nonnie. One Latin interpretation is “the ninth-born child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Noni is a variant of Nonnie. An origin associated with Nonnie is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Noni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 675
- 0 boys · 675 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 12 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 711 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.
Noni’s family of names
Noni has a related form in Nona. Noni has a related form in Nonie. Noni has a related form in Nonnie.
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.
People named Noni
- Noni MaduekeEnglish footballer (born 2002)
- Noni JabavuSouth African writer and journalist (1919–2008)
- Noni HazlehurstAustralian actressborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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