Boon (surname)

This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Boon.

For the Chinese surname 文, pronounced Boon in Min dialects, see Wen (surname 文).

Boon is a surname that can be of Dutch, Old French or Chinese origin. The rather common Dutch name Boon (Dutch pronunciation: [boːn] ) often represents a patronymic, where the given name Boon was a short form of Boudewijn, Bonifacius or Bonaventure. Alternatively, boon meaning "bean" in Dutch, it can have a metonymic or metaphorical origin, referring to someone growing or selling beans, or one of small stature, respectively. ^[1] The English surname can be from an attested variant form of Bohon/Bohun, a family descending from a Norman knight. ^[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

A

• Alethea Boon (born 1984), Fiji-born New Zealand gymnast and weightlifter
• Amos Boon (born 1972), Singaporean football goalkeeper
• Anson Boon (born 2000), English actor

C

• Charles Boon (1877–1943), English publisher
• Clint Boon (born 1959), English musician, DJ and radio presenter

D

• D. Boon (1958–1985), American punk guitarist and singer of The Minutemen
• Dante Boon (born 1973), Dutch composer and pianist
• Dany Boon stage name of Daniel Hamidou (born 1966), French comedian
• David Boon (born 1960), Australian cricketer
• Dickie Boon (1878–1961), Canadian ice hockey forward and manager

E

• Ed Boon (born 1964), American video game programmer; co-creator of Mortal Kombat
• Emilie Boon (born 1959), Dutch-born American children's book author and illustrator
• Eric Boon (1919–1981), English boxer

G

• Gerrit Boon (1768–1821), Dutch agent of the Holland Land Company, settler of Boonville, New York

H

• Hugh P. Boon (1831–1908), American Union soldier in the American Civil War

I

• Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade (born 1954), Dutch sociolinguist

J

• Jaak Boon (born 1948), Belgian television writer
• Jan Boon (1911–1974), Dutch writer, journalist, and activist
• Jazz Boon, Hong Kong television producer, director, and writer
• Jill Boon (born 1987), Belgian field hockey player
• John D. Boon (1817–1864), American merchant and Oregon politician

K

• Karel Boon  [ fr; nl ] (1909–1996), Dutch art historian and museum curator

L

• Louis Paul Boon (1912–1979), Flemish novelist

M

• Martin J. Boon (1840–1888), British trade unionist
• Mick Boon (1902–1988), New Zealand cricketer
• Mike Boon (born 1970), New Zealand stand-up comedian

N

• Nika Boon, British singer-songwriter

R

• Ratliff Boon (1781–1844), American politician, Governor of Indiana in 1822
• Robert Boon (1916–2015), Dutch-born American film, television, and theater actor
• Ronnie Boon (1909–1998), Welsh rugby player

S

• Stuart Boon (1934–1989), English cricketer

T

• Thierry Boon (born 1944), Belgian immunologist
• Tim Boon (born 1961), English cricketer
• Tom Boon (born 1990), Belgian field hockey player

W

• William Boon (1911–1994), British chemist

Van der Boon

• Anthony Hendrik van der Boon Mesch  [ de; nl ] (1804–1874), Dutch chemist and University Dean
• Karla van der Boon (born 1968), Dutch water polo goalkeeper

See also

• Boom (surname)
• Boone (surname)

References

1. Boon at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
2. ″The Bohun Wills″ (Melville M.) Bigelow, in The American Historical Review, Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Historical Association 1896, Vol. 1, No. 3 p. 1.