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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Bono m. Latin bonus 'good, kind, right, pleasant; valid, useful, healthy'.

England
Walloon
1583 Bon RWC p. 6
France
Latin
1067x74 Bonetus (nom) CartNDSaintes XIII; 1239 Boneti (gen) St-Bernard-Romans 382b; 1273 Boneti (gen) RegToul-13thC p. 23
Middle French
1572 Bon RegPCC-1 p. 668
Italy
Latin
1163 Bonus (nom) Livi p. 39; 1253 Bonus (nom) MonRav-1 CLIX; 1285 Boni (gen) Perugia1285 p. 157; 1296 Bonus (nom) BBC-Berg p. XLV; 1310 Bono (dat) MonRav-2 CCCL, Bonus (nom) ibid. CCCL; 1348 Boni (gen) INP 20; 1366 Buoni (gen) Livi 15; 1404 Boni (gen) CatTir1 22, Bono (dat) ibid. 22, Bonum (acc) ibid. 22, Bonus (nom) ibid. 22; 1406 Bonus (nom) ibid. 26
1160 Boneto (abl) Livi p. 42
Switzerland
Latin
1165 Boni (gen) CartHaut 16
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Bono". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Bono.