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First name origin & meaning:

American: All good

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Italian: from the personal name Bono meaning ‘good’, from the Latin personal name Bonus, which was borne by a minor 3rd-century Christian saint, martyred at Rome with eleven companions under the Emperor Vespasian. It was adopted as a personal name partly in his honor and partly because of the transparently well-omened meaning.
  2. Italian: nickname from b(u)ono ‘good’ (Latin bonus).
  3. Hungarian (Bonó): from a pet form of the personal name Bonifác (see Bonifacio).

Famous people with this first name: Bono

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