PhilippineNames
FIL

RESEARCHED ENTRY NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Bony.

As an Older Scots word: beautiful or handsome

Compare Download card
Language connections
Older Scots word
Gender context
Not classified
Letters
4
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
Not verified
First letter
B
Sources
4

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Bony mean?

In Older Scots, Bony has an attractive or pleasant sense, unlike the modern English adjective bony about bones. The dictionary keeps the historical spelling and marks its ultimate origin obscure.

Independently, Bony occurs in the recorded given-name field. This article offers the stated language’s word reading without claiming that a family intended it or that it describes the person.

References for this explanation

  1. Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue — Bony ↗
  2. OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription ↗
  3. Online Etymology Dictionary — bony ↗

Pronunciation & syllables

A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.

Use in Philippine-linked records

Public-record transcription

1

eligible source records · 2001

This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.

OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗

THE RECORDED SPELLING

Find Bony in the sources

Public-record evidence

OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001

Given-name field in the source

BONY

CSV record 1,269 (header counted as record 1)

Open the source CSV ↗Original list ↗

The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Bony in the birth records

Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Bony appears in the PSA name tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →

Similar names to Bony

Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.

Names in this collection

Explore similar names →

What rhymes with Bony?

No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.

Names with a similar written ending

Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.

AnthonyBlandino DonyDean AnthonyDennise AnthonyDeonyJhonyJo AnthonyLeony

Explore Bony further

Sibling & twin ideas Compare this name Original forms & scripts Records & coverage Name numerology Try a full name
More names starting with B

Follow the sources

  1. OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)

    Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.

  2. COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)

    Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.

  3. Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue — Bony (opens in a new tab)

    Exact word reading in the stated language; no inferred family intention.

  4. Online Etymology Dictionary — bony (opens in a new tab)

    Separate English adjective from bone plus -y, contrasted with the historical Scots word.