Bone Family History
Bone Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): nickname meaning ‘good’ from Middle English bon(e) boun Old French bon ‘good’. English: possibly a nickname from Middle English bone ‘bone leg’ (Old English bān; compare Bain ) used of someone with a bad leg or long legs. English: variant of Boone Slovenian: from a short form of the personal name Bonifac(ij) (from Latin Bonifatius; see Boniface ) or from a pet form of the personal name Bon 7. Hungarian (Bóné): from bóné denoting a particular kind of fishing net hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or perhaps for a maker of such nets.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022