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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : nickname from a diminutive of Bono.
  • Italian : from the Latin personal name Bonitus, a derivative of bonus ‘good’ (see Bono).
  • Italian : metonymic occupational name for a milliner, or a nickname for a wearer of unusual headgear, from medieval Latin abonnis.

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