Given name
Yoni
“dove”·“God has given”·“a gift of God”
Yoni is a variant of Yona. In Hebrew use, Yona carries the interpretation “dove.” Yoni connects to the Jonathan name family through Yonatan. Interpretations include “God has given” and “a gift of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yoni is a variant of Yona. In Hebrew use, Yona carries the interpretation “dove.” Yoni connects to the Jonathan name family through Yonatan. Interpretations include “God has given” and “a gift of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yoni connects to the Jonathan name family through Yonatan. An origin associated with Jonathan is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yoni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 818
- 798 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #4,389 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +36%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,389 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 35.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,909 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.
Yoni’s family of names
Yoni has a related form in Yonatan. Yoni has a related form in Yona.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yoni
- Yoni BlochIsraeli singerborn 1981
- Yoni Buyensfootballerborn 1988
- Yoni GoodmanIsraeli animatorborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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