Boon (surname)

Boon is a surname that can be of Dutch, Old French or Chinese origin. The rather common Dutch name Boon 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. The English surname can be from an attested variant form of Bohon/Bohun, a family descending from a Norman knight.

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

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

 * (1909–1996), Dutch art historian and museum curator
 * Kevin Alexander Boon (born 1956), American writer and filmmaker

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

 * (1804–1874), Dutch chemist and University Dean
 * Karla van der Boon (born 1968), Dutch water polo goalkeeper