Bona (name)
Bona is both a given name and a surname. It is derived from the Latin bonus, meaning good.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Bona of Pisa, Italian saint
- Bona of Savoy, duchess of Savoy
- Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa, Princess Konrad of Bavaria
- Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania
- Bona Tibertelli de Pisis, a painter, writer and poet who was married to André Pieyre de Mandiargues
- Bona, stage name for Kim Ji-yeon, part of South Korean Girl Group Cosmic Girls
- Bipasha Basu, Indian actress, sometimes nicknamed "Bona"
Surname
- Adem Bona, Nigerian-Turkish basketball player
- Alberto Bona, Italian actor and film maker
- André Bona, French footballer
- Annalisa Bona, Italian tennis player
- Damien Bona, American film historian
- Gino Bona, American marketing professional
- Giovanni Bona, Cistercian cardinal and author
- Giovanni Serafino Bona, Croatian politician and poet
- Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Italian chess player
- Jerry L. Bona, American mathematician
- Lee Bo-na, South Korean sports shooter
- Luciano Dalla Bona, Italian cyclist
- Oscar De Bona, Italian politician
- Pasquale Bona, Italian composer
- Richard Bona, Cameroonian jazz musician and bassist
- Samuele Dalla Bona, Italian footballer
- Stanislaus Bona, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Tommaso Bona, Italian Renaissance painter
- Valerio Bona, Italian Baroque composer
- Vin Di Bona, television producer