Bonis Family History
Bonis Name Meaning
Hungarian (Bónis): from a pet form of the old personal name Bonifác (see Boniface ). French (Aquitaine): derivative of the Latin personal name Bonicius itself derived from Bonus ‘good’ (see Bon ). Italian (Piedmont): patronymic from the personal name Bono . It is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the broader sense ‘belonging to of’ in this case ‘member of the Boni family’ (compare Boni ). Compare also De Bonis . Jewish: variant of Bones .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022