Bon
loc · Arabic · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Bon is a name, most frequently recorded in France. It appears chiefly in Arabic and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Surname from bon, “good”; here said to imply a good-natured person.
- FRFrance1 in 102K◐
- CACanada1 in 1.8M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 117K ●
- Sources
- 282 ●
in 5 countries
34K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
Surname from bon, “good”; here said to imply a good-natured person.
Sources 1
- Tên Họ Người Việt Nam
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | 2,055 | 30K rec. | — | 880 | Bon | 282 |
| CA Canada | 120 | 120 rec. | — | — | Bon | 35 |
| BR Brazil | — | — | — | 1.6K | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | 76 rec. | — | 1.3K | — | 27 |
| US United States | — | 876 rec. | — | 1.2K | — | 129 |
| AR Argentina | — | — | — | 720 | — | — |
| ES Spain | — | 199 rec. | — | 389 | — | 24 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 32 rec. | — | 184 | — | 28 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1 rec. | — | 138 | — | 4 |
| BE Belgium | — | 207 rec. | — | 134 | — | 50 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 2 rec. | — | 93 | — | 2 |
| PL Poland | — | — | — | 69 | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Arabic65K54%
- English19K16%
- Hindi2.9K2%
- French2.2K2%
- Spanish5801%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | 65,053 | 54% |
| English | 18,992 | 16% |
| Hindi | 2,859 | 2% |
| French | 2,171 | 2% |
| Spanish | 580 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Bon is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Slavic personal name Bon, from boniti 'to frighten'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In French, name, from OF bon good (L bonus). 2. occasionally from 78 Bonchretien Bonjour seems to be a deriv. of cndmh bone (with the fern, ending -seach), but if so the reason for this is not clear.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, Initialism of business object notation, notation for high-level object-oriented analysis.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, forma dialetal setentrional de Bono.
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In English, former name o/Annaba, Algeria
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1926 | 5 |
| 1928 | 8 |
| 1930 | 7 |
| 1934 | 6 |
| 1938 | 7 |
| 1939 | 5 |
| 1945 | 5 |
| 1954 | 5 |
| 1971 | 6 |
| 1982 | 8 |
| 1983 | 6 |
| 1984 | 14 |
| 1985 | 7 |
| 1986 | 9 |
| 1987 | 14 |
| 1988 | 17 |
| 1989 | 6 |
| 1990 | 13 |
| 1991 | 9 |
| 1992 | 10 |
| 1993 | 8 |
| 1994 | 6 |
| 1995 | 9 |
| 1996 | 7 |
| 1997 | 5 |
| 1998 | 7 |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 2001 | 6 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 36 years between 1926–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Pietro Bonb. 1401ITItalian architect and sculptor
- Bon Boullogneb. 1649FRFrench painter and engraver (1649-1717)
- Anna Bonb. 1740ITItalian composer
- Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Monceyb. 1754FRFrench soldier, politician and officer (1754-1842)
- Laura Bonb. 1825ITItalian actress (1825–1904)
- Simon Bonb. 1904NLDutch rower (1904-1987)
- Marcel Bonb. 1925FRFrench botanist (1925-2014)
- Maria Grazia Bonb. 1943ITItalian actress
- François Bonb. 1953FRFrench writer
- Lee Bonb. 1972KRSouth Korean actress and singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 58 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.6K | #5,921 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 1.3K | #1,234 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #21,835 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.1K | #22,809 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 957 | #24,491 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 886 | #11,056 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 880 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 720 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 389 | #9,778 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 389 | #9,767 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 291 | #11,056 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 184 | #6,734 |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 208 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Bon?
- Our records include 116,558 bearers of Bon across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Bon have the most bearers?
- Bon is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled bon.
- What does the name Bon mean?
- Recorded meaning: Surname from bon, “good”; here said to imply a good-natured person.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bon”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.