Bonifaz as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bonifaz

What is the meaning of the name Bonifaz ?

The baby name Bonifaz is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbɒnɪfɑːz/ (BON-i-fahz).

Bonifaz is Latin in Origin.

Bonifaz is the German form of the Latin cognomen Bonifatius, borne by early Christians and later saints. Its etymology is explained either from bonum + facere, “to do good,” yielding “benefactor,” or from bonus + fatum, “good fate,” both senses underpinning its longstanding virtuous aura.

Carried by several popes and by the Anglo-Saxon missionary Saint Boniface (born Wynfrith), the “Apostle to the Germans,” the name circulated widely across medieval Europe, especially in clerical circles. In German-speaking regions Bonifaz has a traditional, southern Alpine flavor (Bavaria, Tyrol, Austria, Switzerland) and is uncommon today; the customary name day is 5 June. International variants include Boniface (English, French), Bonifacio/Bonifácio (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), Bonifatius (Latin, Dutch, German ecclesiastical), Bonifacy (Polish), Bonifác (Czech, Slovak, Hungarian), and Bonifaciu (Romanian); South Slavic forms include Bonifacije/Bonifacij. Short forms such as Boni occur in several languages.

⚙ Bonifaz barely registers. Our whole dataset turns up only 13 recorded uses, across 6 countries.