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bonnet Name Meaning and History

  1. French: from the medieval personal name Bonettus, a diminutive of Latin bonus ‘good’.
  2. French: occasionally, a Gascon variant of Bonneau.
  3. English and French: metonymic occupational name for a milliner, or a nickname for a wearer of unusual headgear, from Middle English bonet, Old French bon(n)et ‘bonnet’, ‘hat’. This word is found in medieval Latin as abonnis, but is of unknown origin.
  4. In Germany the name was borne by Waldensians, of French origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The bonnet name in History

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Distribution of bonnet Families in the US in 1920
Number of bonnet families
 19-36
 7-18		 1-6
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Threads: 40 - Messages: 125
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Bonnet SHANNON KELLY 7
James Andrew Bonnette of Louisiana & Arkansas jamibc 0
Bonnets of France and Italy Stephanie Powell 3
Bonnets of South Dakota and Nebraska jayse71 1
Descendants of Stede Bonnet Glen Bonnet 3
Bonnet in Maryland claudefan 0
Bonnet(t) Family of New York rowanforestshadow 7
Stede Bonnet, d. 1718 in S.C. BasketLady420 0
James Edward Bonnet sarah hitson 0
Ohio Bonnet's Columbus and Zanesville Louise McIntosh 0
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