Noni
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Noni is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: The Polynesian fruit tree Morinda citrifolia.
- USUnited States1 in 468K(measured from records)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 29K
- KWKuwait≈1 in 30K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 222 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,700 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The Polynesian fruit tree Morinda citrifolia.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Noni counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Noni | 20 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Noni | 17 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈920 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Noni | 17 |
| US United States | 711 | 1 in 468K | 689 | Noni | 222 |
| EG Egypt | ≈710 est. | ≈1 in 147K | — | Noni | 18 |
| KW Kuwait | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Noni | 11 |
| BH Bahrain | ≈47 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Noni | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Noni is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Gift of God
as a nameThe book of African names
In ki, Kikuyu: short form of Muthoni
as a nameAfrican Names
In Hawaiian, the Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia), a small tree or shrub in the coffee family with pale yellow unpleasant-tasting fruits. Formerly Hawaiians obtained dye and medicine from the many parts of the tree
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Hawaiian, A Polynesian tree with fruits traditionally used as medicine, Morinda citrifolia
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, alternative form of no niin
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Noni Jabavub. 1919ZASouth African writer and journalist (1919–2008)
- Noni Žunecb. 1921SISlovene opera singer (1921–2004)
- Noni Lichtveldb. 1929NLDutch writer and illustrator (1929-2017)
- Noni Benegasb. 1947ARArgentinian writer
- Noni Hazlehurstb. 1953AUAustralian actress
- Anika Noni Roseb. 1972USAmerican actress
- Noni Tengeb. 1982ZASouth African boxer
- Noni Carterb. 1991USAmerican writer
- Noni Maduekeb. 2002GBEnglish footballer (born 2002)
- Noni WhiteUSscreenwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Noni mean, and where does it come from?
- The Polynesian fruit tree Morinda citrifolia. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Noni a male or female name?
- Noni is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Noni have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Noni in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled noni.
- How common is the name Noni?
- In the United States, the national register counted 711 people named Noni in 2020, about 1 in 468 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/noniThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Noni”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.