Given name & surname
Bonner
“a gentleman; one who is mannerly”
Bonner is a variant of Bonar. One French interpretation is “a gentleman; one who is mannerly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bonner is a variant of Bonar. One French interpretation is “a gentleman; one who is mannerly.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bonner is a variant of Bonar. An origin associated with Bonar is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bonner through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 290
- 290 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 315 as a first name in 2020; 31,621 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Bonner
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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