| Pronunciation | /ˈbɒnɪt/ French: [bɔnɛ] |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | French, English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old French |
| Word/name | bonet |
| Derivation | Old Frankish: *bunni |
| Meaning | 'material from which hats are made' |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Bonnett |
Bonnet is a French surname.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 83.0% of all known bearers of the surname Bonnet were residents of France (frequency 1:975), 3.4% of the United States (1:129,853), 2.0% of Haiti (1:6,444), 1.5% of Germany (1:63,573), 1.5% of Belgium (1:9,227), 1.2% of Argentina (1:41,660) and 1.0% of the Dominican Republic (1:12,540).
In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:975) in the following regions:
- 1. French Guiana (1:406)
- 2. Occitanie (1:538)
- 3. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (1:571)
- 4. Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1:651)
- 5. Pays de la Loire (1:796)
- 6. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (1:811)
- 7. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:921)
- 8. Centre-Val de Loire (1:940)
People
- Beatriz Bonnet (1930–2020), Argentine actress
- Charles Bonnet (1720–1793), Swiss naturalist
- Françoise Bonnet (born 1957), French long-distance runner
- Georges Bonnet (1889–1973), French politician
- Graham Bonnet (born 1947), British singer
- Guy Bonnet (1945-2024), French author, composer, and singer
- Henri Bonnet (1888-1978), French politician and diplomat
- Joseph Bonnet (1884–1944), French organist and composer
- Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985), British RAF officer, duck breeder and writer
- Louis Bonnet (1815–1892), French doctor and politician
- Luis Alberto Bonnet (born 1971), Argentine retired footballer
- Marie-Jo Bonnet (born 1945), French writer and historian
- Pierre Ossian Bonnet (1819–1892), French mathematician
- René Bonnet (1904–1983), French driver and automobile constructor
- Rob Bonnet (born 1952), British journalist
- Stede Bonnet (1688–1718), Barbadian pirate
- William Bonnet (born 1982), French professional road bicycle racer
Fictional characters
- Stephen Bonnet, a villain in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series
References
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