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Early Origins of the Bonnard family

The surname Bonnard was first found in Languedoc, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Bonnard family

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Bonnard Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bonnet, Bonner, Bonné, Bonnée, Bonnais, Bonney, Bonnay, Bonnaie, Bonnai, Bonnaye, Bonet, Boner, Boné, Bonée, Boney, Bonay, Bonaye, de Bonnet, de Bonner, de Bonnay, de Bonney, de Bonet, de Boner, de Boney, de Bonay, de Bonnet, de Bonner, de Bonney, de Bonnay, de Bonet, de Boner, de Boney, de Bonay, de Bonet, du Bonnet, Dubonnet and many more.

Early Notables of the Bonnard family

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Bonnard Ranking

In France, the name Bonnard is the 533rd most popular surname with an estimated 8,639 people with that name. 1


United States Bonnard migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bonnard Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • A Bonnard, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
  • S M Bonnard, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2

Canada Bonnard migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bonnard Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Jean Bonnard, who landed in Canada in 1641

Contemporary Notables of the name Bonnard (post 1700) +

  • Ennemond Bonnard, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
  • Charles Robert André Bonnard, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
  • Brigadier-General Georges Bonnard (1894-1969), French Commanding Officer during World War II 5
  • Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), French painter
  • Abel Bonnard (1883-1968), French poet
  • Suzanne Bonnard (b. 1904), Swiss Olympic fencer
  • Michelle Bonnard, English actress
  • Bonnard John Teegarden, American retired astrophysicist with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, known for discovering Teegarden's star in 2003


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Ennemond Bonnard. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
  4. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Charles Bonnard. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
  5. Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Georges Bonnard. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Bonnard/Georges-Joseph-Th%C3%A9odore/France.html


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