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[Surname] Bondancer
I was wondering if anyone could tell me anything about this surname, including proper pronunciation if possible.
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If it's the surname Kieran you're talking about, then It is an Irish surname. You can go here for more of the origin - http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=KieranI do not know the proper pronunciation, but to me it looks like it could be "Key-ren", or "Keer-ren".
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I cannot bet on it but it seems to be that the surname means "good dancer" (Bon = Good in many latin languages and "dancer" can mean dancer in at least one latin language; "dancer" in Spanish is "danzarin", "dance" is "danza", and other latin languages have similiar ortography for equivalent words... I bet bon-dancer is pronounced bond-dans-er or bond-dan-ser (where "ser" is pronounced like the "ser" in "serum")
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I don't think "Bondancer" is a surname itself. I have not found anyone with this surname, in present time or from past records. There are an extremely few people with the surname Bondance, without the "r". I did find the surname Bundance, perhaps a variant.

This message was edited 10/8/2012, 6:54 PM

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