Bonar (name)
Bonar is a surname and given name. In County Donegal, it is the anglicized form of the. The name is associated with Irish cnámh ‘bone’, a semantic connection that may underlie its anglicized form. It is one of very few matronymic Irish surnames. It may also be of French origin, derived from bonair.
Notable people
Surname
- Aiden Bonar, Australian footballer
- Andrew Bonar, Scottish minister
- Bud Bonar, American football player
- Dan Bonar, Canadian ice hockey player
- Haley Bonar, Canadian-born American singer-songwriter
- Horatius Bonar, Scottish poet and minister
- Ivan Bonar, American actor
- James Bonar (civil servant), Scottish civil servant, economist and historian
- James Bonar (moderator), Church of Scotland minister
- James Bonar (philanthropist), Scottish lawyer and philanthropist
- James Bonar (politician), New Zealand merchant, shipping agent, company director and politician
- James Bonar (scholar), Scottish lawyer and amateur astronomer
- Jane C. Bonar, Scottish hymnwriter
- Jim Bonar, Scottish footballer
- John Bonar (minister), Church of Scotland minister
- John Bonar (set decorator), American set decorator
- Maureen Bonar, Canadian curler
- Paul Bonar, Scottish footballer
- Rosalie Julie von Bonar, Austrian noblewoman
- Sarah Bonar, Scottish rugby union player
- Steven Bonar, Scottish footballer
- Thomson Bonar, Scottish publisher
Given name
- Bonar Bain, Canadian actor
- Bonar Colleano, American actor
- Bonar Dunlop, New Zealand artist, sculptor, and illustrator
- Bonar Hardie, British sailor
- Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Bonar Menninger, author of ''Mortal Error''