# Bonifatius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bonifatius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “good”, “fate” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Bonifātius, from bonus (“good”) + fātum (“fate”). See also Boniface.

## In other languages

- Armenian: Բոնիֆացիոս
- Catalan: Bonifaci
- Chinese: 波尼法爵
- Czech: Bonifác
- Danish: Bonifatius
- Esperanto: Bonifaco
- French: Boniface
- German: Bonifatius
- Greek: Βονιφάτιος
- Hungarian: Bonifác
- Italian: Bonifacio
- Japanese: ボニファティウス
- Korean: 보니파시오
- Latin: Bonifatius
- Lithuanian: Bonifacijus, Bonifacas
- Polish: Bonifacy
- Portuguese: Bonifácio
- Romanian: Bonifaciu
- Russian: Бонифа́ций, Вонифа́тий
- Slovak: Bonifác

## People named Bonifatius

- Saint Boniface, 8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Ap

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.