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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Hungarian : from bonta ‘multicolored’, ‘mixed with black and white stripes or patches’, hence a nickname for someone with patchy gray beard or hair.
  • Czech : from the personal names Bonifác (see Bonifacio) or Bonaventura.

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