About the Bon Surname

It is easy to miss Bon in an index if you only search for Bonnard. The name is usually explained as “Good man”.

Spelling and variants

Records show Bon as one of the forms Bonnard took over time. The same family of names includes Bonard.

How common is Bon?

In the 2010 US Census, 1,123 Americans gave Bon as their last name (rank 22,809). French civil records give 10,558 births under the name Bon from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Bown, Boni and Bohn.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Bonnard and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Want more than a summary? See the Bon family name pack.