Bone

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• English (of Norman origin) : nickname meaning ‘good’, from Old French bon ‘good’.
• English : nickname for a thin man, from Middle English bōn ‘bone’ (Old English bān; compare Bain 2).
• Hungarian (Bóné) : from bóné denoting a particular kind of fishing net, hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or perhaps for a maker of such nets.