title: Boonchu
text: # Boonchu
  
  Boonchu (Thai: บุญชู, RTGS: Bunchu) is a Thai masculine given name meaning 'elevated by merit', from Pali: puñña + Thai: chu. People with the name include:
  
  * Boonchu Chandrubeksa [th] (1913–1976), Royal Thai Air Force commander
  * Boonchu Rojanastien (1921–2007), banker and politician
  * Boonchu Ruangkit (born 1956), golfer
  * Boonchu Trithong [th] (born 1945), politician
  