Boone

Boone meaning

Boone is an international boy's name of English origin (Norman French).

Nickname from Old French bon, "good"; or from Bohon, Normandy

Also used to mean: blessing

Boone is an English surname that came over with the Normans. The Dictionary of American Family Names gives two possible sources: a nickname from Old French bon, "good", the same word as modern French bon, or a family name taken from the village of Bohon in Normandy, whose own name is of unknown origin. Name lists usually give "good" or "blessing"; the first matches the dictionary, the second we could not confirm. In America the name is tied to Daniel Boone, the frontiersman whose father had emigrated from Devon in England. It is one syllable, said BOON, and pairs easily with a longer Indian surname.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd ed. (Patrick Hanks, Oxford University Press, 2022), via Geneanet, s.v. Boone · entry Boone · See the entry · checked 27 Oct 2026

References: Dictionary of American Family Names, Boone (Geneanet) · Wikipedia, Daniel Boone

Famous namesakes

• Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (surname)

Popularity abroad

• #423 United States, boys 2025 (up 111 from 534 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

Spellings

Boone · Boon

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