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Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage English

Meaning & History

(i) from a medieval nickname for a vigorous walker (from Old French bon "good" + pas "pace"); (ii) perhaps "person who lives by a place through which travel is easy" (from Old French bon "good" + pas "passage")
Added 11/1/2013 by babycrookston