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: