Bonar is a surname and given name. In

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...

, it is the anglicized form of the . It is one of very few

matronymic A matronymic is a personal name based on the given name of one's mother, grandmother, or any female ancestor. It is the female equivalent of a patronymic. Around the world, matronymic surnames are far less common than patronymic surnames. In som ...

Irish surnames. It may also be of French origin, derived from .

Notable people

Surname

Aiden Bonar Aiden Bonar (born 8 March 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his GWS debut in round 20 of the 2018 season scoring two goals in the 1 ...

(born 1999), Australian footballer *

Andrew Bonar Andrew Alexander Bonar (29 May 1810 in Edinburgh – 30 December 1892 in Glasgow) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900), Free Church of Scotland, a contemporary and acquaintance of Robert Murray M'Cheyne and youngest brother ...

(1810–1892), Scottish minister *

Bud Bonar Reyman Edward "Bud" Bonar (July 26, 1906 – November 21, 1970) was an American football player and coach from Bellaire, Ohio. As a senior at Bellaire High School in 1926, Bonar was the football team captain and quarterback. His team posted an ...

(1906–1970), American football player *

Dan Bonar Daniel Gordon Bonar (born September 23, 1956) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey forward who played 170 games in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings. During the playoff series known for the Miracle on Manchester Bona ...

(born 1956), Canadian ice hockey player *

Haley Bonar Haley McCallum (born 1983), professionally known as Haley and formerly Haley Bonar, is a Canadian-born American singer and songwriter who was raised in Rapid City, South Dakota. She has lived in Duluth and currently St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2009, s ...

(born 1983), Canadian-born American singer-songwriter *

Horatius Bonar Horatius Bonar (19 December 180831 July 1889), a contemporary and acquaintance of Robert Murray M'cheyne was a Scotland, Scottish churchman and poet. He is principally remembered as a prodigious hymnodist. Friends knew him as Horace Bona ...

(1808–1889), Scottish poet and minister *

James Bonar (civil servant) James Bonar (27 September 1852 – 18 January 1941) was a Scottish civil servant, political economist and historian of economic thought. He was born in Perth but brought up, from the age of four, in Glasgow where his father was a Church of Scotla ...

(1852–1941), Scottish civil servant, economist and historian *

James Bonar (politician) James Alexander Bonar (12 June 1840 – 7 November 1901) was a New Zealand merchant, shipping agent, company director and politician. He was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland on 12 June 1840. He was a member of the Westland County Cou ...

(1840–1901), New Zealand merchant, shipping agent, company director and politician * Jane Lundie Bonar (1821–1884), Scottish hymnwriter * John Bonar (set decorator) (1886–1963), American set decorator *

Maureen Bonar Maureen Bonar ( ); (born 1962 or 1963 in Deloraine, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler. Bonar is a four time provincial champion- twice as a skip. In 2009 Bonar was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame. Curling career After having wo ...

(born 1962), Canadian curler * Paul Bonar (born 1976), Scottish footballer *

Thomson Bonar Thomson Bonar (* 1738 or 1739, † 25 July 1814) was a wine-merchant who married Elizabeth, the daughter of the engraver Andrew Bell, who co-founded the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' with Colin Macfarquhar. Bonar sold the 3rd through 5th edition ...

(1738–1814), Scottish publisher

Given name

Bonar Bain Bonar Stewart Bain (February 4, 1923 – February 18, 2005) was a Canadian actor and the identical twin brother of actor Conrad Bain. Life and career Bain once played a fictional "evil" twin to Conrad ("Hank Bain") in an episode of '' SCTV'', as ...

(1923–2005), Canadian actor *

Bonar Colleano Bonar Sullivan (14 March 192417 August 1958), also known by the stage name Bonar Colleano, was an American stage and film actor based in the United Kingdom. Biography Early life Colleano was born Bonar Sullivan in New York City. He had childhood ...

(1924–1958), American actor

References

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