Buni

Diminutive of Buena.

Means "son." This was the nickname (or original Hebrew name) of Nicodemus ben Gurion, who may be mentioned in the Gospel of John as a secret seeker of Jesus of Nazareth. May be connected to the Tanakh name Bunni, meaning "built" or "understanding." A character named Buni features in Sanhedrin 43a in the Talmud, during an apocryphal description of the death of Jesus, as one of his five disciples. Buni uses a pun with his own name, alluding to Exodus 4:22, saying, "My firstborn son {beni} is Israel," and the judges of the Sanhedrin respond with the very next verse - "Behold, I shall kill your firstborn son {binkha}," before giving him the death sentence.