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[Opinions] Bon
I've had Bon on my gp list for quite some time and I've seen it a lot lately because of the band Bon Iver (which I looked up on wikipedia and found out is from the French words bon hiver and not, to my disappointment, a name)
Anyway, there was a singer who went by the name Bon almost his whole life (his real name was Ronald) so I think it's usable. It's really growing on me and I would like to know what you think of Bon.
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Bonbon...First thing I thought of. Personally I find it kind of silly as a given name. Cute for a NN, but not as a full name.
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Exactly what I thought of!
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Jovi.Bon Jovi is all I think about when I see Bon, and I don't like it that much as a given name
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Also bon-bons, stocks and bons, and bond, james, bond. Maybe bondage. It doesn't sound like a name to me either.
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Ditto.The first thing I thought of...before I even made the Bon Scott connection.
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It feels incomplete to me, I'd prefer Bono or Bon as a nickname for Bonaventura.
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Do you pronounce it like `bawn`, or are you pronouncing it like the French word?
It doesn't really make a difference to me how much I like it (which is not-at-all, sorry) but I'm just curious.
Iver is #79 on the Norwegian popularity charts in 2009, by the way :)
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Bon Scottthe dead lead singer from ACDC comes to mind. And the french word for good. but other than that I don't really like it as a name.oh and bon bons.
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Ditto.I believe he died by choking on his own vomit.
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Oh, I know, I just didn't think others would. Still, he was a great singer (in my opinion any way) and the reason why I have Bon on my gp list.
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Oh, no doubt about that. I like Brian Johnson, but no one can replace Bon Scott.
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It's also the name used to allude to Tibetan shamanism.
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