Fonnie
Field Marshal Gardihewage Sarath Chandralal Fonseka is a Sri Lankan retired army officer. He was the eighteenth Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 2005 to 2009, and under his command the Sri Lankan Army ended the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war in 2009, defeating the militant group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; he thereafter briefly served as the Chief of Defence Staff.
Meaning & Origin of Fonnie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Field Marshal Gardihewage Sarath Chandralal Fonseka is a Sri Lankan retired army officer. He was the eighteenth Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 2005 to 2009, and under his command the Sri Lankan Army ended the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war in 2009, defeating the militant group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; he thereafter briefly served as the Chief of Defence Staff.
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The Story of Fonnie
As a girl name
Fonnie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1908, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 11 Fonnies were born — ranking #2,822 that year. As of 2026, Fonnie ranks #5,301 for girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 147 Fonnies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Fonnie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1917, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1943, when 7 Fonnies were born — ranking #2,964 that year. As of 2026, Fonnie ranks #2,964 for boys with 7 births, with steady use. In total, more than 39 Fonnies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Fonnie
Fonnie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 147 births in the dataset. Fonnie's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #2,822. Use the chart and map above to compare Fonnie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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