Italian: from the personal name Bono meaning ‘good’,
from the Latin personal name Bonus, 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.Italian: nickname from b(u)ono ‘good’ (Latin
bonus).Hungarian (Bonó): from a pet form of the
personal name Bonifác (see Bonifacio).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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