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The family name of Bonner is of Norman-French origin with the original Bonners arriving in Britain during the Norman Conquest in the 11th century. There have been numerous spellings of the name: in France as Bonheur (meaning good hour) and Bonnaire (meaning good manners) all of which have the key "good". Other spellings of the surname include Bona, Bonar, Booner, Bonney, Bonher and Boner. Many of these latter spellings probably have resulted from the inability to write and hence spelled by the recorder from the way it sounded with the additional difficulties in interpretation of handwriting. Today the name Bonner is common in France, Germany, England and Northern Ireland as well as in America and the British Dominions.

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