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maleBoniface - Name Meaning and Origin


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The boy's name Boniface \b(o)-nifa-ce, bon(i)-face\ is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "fortunate, auspicious". Boniface was the name of an innkeeper in a 1707 play "The Beaux' Stratagem" by Fahrquarm. Since then, it has been used as a name for a host. Name of a number of early popes.

Boniface has 5 variant forms: Bonfecio, Boni, Bonifacio, Bonifacius and Bonifacy.

Boniface is a very rare male first name and an uncommon surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Boniface. Click here to compare Boniface with related baby names.

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Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Boniface

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