Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant spelling of Bond.
  • Scandinavian : status name for a farmer, from Old Norse bóndi ‘farmer’. Compare Bond. In Sweden Bonde is both a personal name and the name of an old aristocratic family.
  • Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead named Bonde, from Old Norse bóndi ‘farmer’ + vin ‘meadow’.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe