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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BONNEY

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(origin: Scot.) Genteel, fine, spruce. French, Bon, Bonne, good, handsome.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

1. English (chiefly Lancashire): nickname for a handsome person, especially a large or well-built one, from northern dialect bonnie ‘fine’, ‘beautiful’ (still in common use in northern England and Scotland).
2. French: eastern variant of Bonnet 2.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)