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YoniIn Hebrew: יוני · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: יוֹנִיRomanization: yóni
Yoni (Hebrew: יוני) is a boy's name. 2,048 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 15 boys and ranked #549. Its peak year was 1979, with 101 babies.
- People in Israel
- 2,048
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 15
- rank #549
- Peak year
- 1979
- 101 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Yoni
In Hebrew letters the name is יוני, read right to left. Yoni is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "yóni" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a diminutive, Yoni, of the male given name יְהוֹנָתָן (yonatán) [=Jonathan], equivalent to English Johnny
From German Juni, from Latin Iunius.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Yoni by year in Israel
How many boys 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
Questions about Yoni
How do you write Yoni in Hebrew?
Yoni is written יוני in Hebrew (with vowel points: יוֹנִי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "yóni".
How many people in Israel are named Yoni?
2,048 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name יוני: 131 women and 1,917 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 Yoni a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 93.6% of the people named יוני are men.
What does the name Yoni mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a diminutive, Yoni, of the male given name יְהוֹנָתָן (yonatán) [=Jonathan], equivalent to English Johnny" Etymology: From German Juni, from Latin Iunius.
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.