Boone

English from French

"blessing, lucky"

Boone Origin and Meaning

The name Boone is a boy's name meaning "blessing, lucky".

Boone is one of the advancing herd of lean and lanky cowboy names with a laid-back, backwoods, Western feel—and surprising French roots. It's inevitably linked with legendary frontiersman Daniel, and also with the positive connotations of the word boon. It debuted in the US Top 1000 in 2015.

T. (for Thomas) Boone Pickens is a high-profile business magnate; Boone Carlyle was a fiery character on TV's Lost.

Boone Rank in US Top 1000

# 595 in the US

Boone Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 310 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Boone

• 595 US 2023
• 310 Nameberry 2025
• 331 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Boone

• Boone Logan American baseball player
• Boone Jenner Canadian hockey player
• Boone Speed American photographer and rock climber
• (Thomas) Boone Pickens American business mogul
• Boone McCoy (b. 2011) son of country singer Eric Church
• Daniel Boone American frontiersman

The name Boone in Pop Culture

• Boone Carlyle character on TV's "Lost"
• Boone character in 2006 film "Just Like The Son"
• Boone Caudill 'man without a home,' character in "The Big Sky" by A. B. Guthrie
• Herman Boone character in 2000 film "Remember the Titans"
• Boone Clemens character in Scream Queens
• Boone Mackenzie character on TV's "American Gothic"
• Boone character on TV's "The Waltons'
• Boone Wiseman character in animated series "Penn Zero: Part,Time Hero"
• Christopher Boone character in "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night,time"
• Craig Boone companion character in Fallout: New Vegas