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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and English : variant spelling of Bonner or Bonar.
  • German : occupational name for a grower of beans, from Middle High German bōne ‘bean’ + the agent suffix -er.
  • Swedish (Bonér) : variant of Bohner.

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