The bon Surname
bon Name Meaning and History
- French: approbatory (or ironic) nickname, from Old French bon ‘good’ (Latin bonus).
- French: occasionally from the Latin personal name Bonus (likewise meaning ‘good’), which was borne by a minor 3rd-century Christian saint, martyred at Rome with eleven companions under the Emperor Vespasian. It was adopted as a personal name partly in his honor and partly because of the transparently well-omened meaning.
- Hungarian: from a short form of the old ecclesiastical name Bonifác (see Boniface).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Bon surname from Croatia | Dario Bon-Gatto | 6 |
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| John Whitman Bon | Jill | 7 |
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