Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rising
GoniIn Hebrew: גוני · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: גּוֹנִי
Goni (Hebrew: גוני) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 1,655 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 63 girls and ranked #254. Its peak year was 2022, with 98 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,655
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 63
- rank #254
- Peak year
- 2022
- 98 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Goni
In Hebrew letters the name is גוני, read right to left. Goni is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Goni by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Goni
How do you write Goni in Hebrew?
Goni is written גוני in Hebrew (with vowel points: גּוֹנִי). Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Goni?
1,655 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גוני: 1,008 women and 647 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Goni a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 61% of the people named גוני are women and 39% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.