Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
BOND
There are approximately 34,247 people named Bond in the UK. That makes it the 269th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 542 are named Bond.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Status Name
Related and similar surnames
BondeBonda
Boan
Bohn
Bend
Band
Bondad
Bondar
Boand
Bondd
Bognd
Bondea
Boandi
Bondae
Boanda
Bondai
Bondee
Bonday
Bondah
Bondao
Bondeau
Bondaz
Bonded
Bondas
Bondeh
Bonddow
Boind
Boandeo
The Bond surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
The father of a family, "Pater familias," whence husband, that is, house-bond. Bonde, in Danish, is a peasant, countryman, also a villager.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BOND. A-Sax. ionda, a householder, proprietor, husbandman. Latinized Paterfamilias, according to JIag. Brit. i. 61, "and rightly enough as it should seem, because much in the same sense in composition we use husband or husband." Le Bond. H.E. There are several persons called Bonde in Domesd., one of whom is somewhat contradictorily called " liber homo."
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.