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 [ 2 syll. jo-ni, jon-i ] The girl name Joni is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced JHOWNiy KEY. Joni has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. Joni is a pet form of the English Joan. Joni is also a form of the English Jane. Joni is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1956, 0.076% of baby girls were named Joni. It was #204 in rank then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is currently of only sporadic use. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Joni, the English Jane was the most frequently used. Joni has primarily been a girl name in the last century. Baby names that sound like Joni include the English Jony, the English Jacqueine, the Iranian Jahan, the English Jahna, the English Jaimie, the English and Polish Jama, the English Jamay, the English Jame, the English Jamey, the English Jami, the English Jamie, the English Jamii, the English Jammie, the English Jamy, the English Jamye, the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Slavic, and Latvian Jana, the English Janae, the Arabic Janan, the English Janay, and the English Janean. A famous person named Joni is Joni Mitchell, Singer, born Roberta Joan Anderson 7 November 1943, McLeod, Alberta, Canada. KEY: Pronunciation for Joni: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
