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There are approximately 2,475 people named Bonney in the UK. That makes it the 3,805th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 39 are named Bonney.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Bonney surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Scot.) Genteel, fine, spruce. French, Bon, Bonne, good, handsome.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BONNY. BONNEY. " Bonny ; good in any respect; liaving good features, good complexion, good form, good and manly disjositions." Eichardson. Fr. ban, good. Au enviable surname. In the S. of England the name Boniface is thus contracted.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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