Save Type Surname Usage French (Quebec) Pronounced Pron. /va.də.bɔ̃.kœʁ/(French) [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsVadeboncoeur Meaning & History From the French phrase va de bon cœur meaning "go with a good (merry) heart". This was a secondary surname, common among soldiers in colonial French Canada, which has been adopted as a principal surname.