Joni: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “God is gracious”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- JOH-nee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (98% of all uses)
Joni is commonly used as a diminutive of Joan or a feminine form of Jon/John. It ultimately derives from Hebrew Yohanan.
How popular is Joni?
Babies named Joni in 2024124
2024 rank#1,880 girls
Peak year1956
Total US babies since 188029,372
Joni is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Joni
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Joni questions
What does the name Joni mean?
Joni means "God is gracious". It comes from English. Joni is commonly used as a diminutive of Joan or a feminine form of Jon/John. It ultimately derives from Hebrew Yohanan.
Is Joni a boy or girl name?
Joni is mainly a girl's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Joni?
124 US babies were named Joni in 2024. Its peak year was 1956.
How do you pronounce Joni?
Joni is usually pronounced JOH-nee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.