Bona
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Latin bona 'good, kind, right, pleasant; valid, useful, healthy'.
The name of a 12th C Italian saint and a 15th C duchess of Savoy.
- Czech Republic
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- ● 1350 Bona (nom) chlumecky 158;
1354 Bona (abl) ibid. 52
- England
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- ◑ 1279–80 Bonetta (nom) WaHR-SK p. 61
- France
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- ● c823 Bona (nom) irminon-vol2 48;
1147 Bona (abl) clairvaux-12thc 18;
1287 Bona (nom) GasReg-A p. 74
- Italy
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- ● 1073 Bona (nom) skinner p. 120;
1265x1339 Bona (nom) BBC-Berg 100;
1527 Bona (nom) Rome1527 p. 89
- ◑ 1265x1339 Bonetta (nom) BBC-Berg 114
Preview. DO NOT cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Bona". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Bona.