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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish : from the Sephardic personal name Bondia, related to Latin bonus dies ‘good day’, used as a translation of Hebrew yom tov ‘Jewish holiday’ (literally ‘good day’). The surname was borne by a family of Sephardic origin that settled in Prague, hence its occurrence chiefly in Bohemia and neighboring countries.

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