Bonar (name)

Bonar is a surname and given name. In County Donegal, it is the anglicized form of the Ó Cnáimhsí. It is one of very few matronymic Irish surnames. It may also be of French origin, derived from bonair.

Surname

 * Aiden Bonar (born 1999), Australian footballer
 * Andrew Bonar (1810–1892), Scottish minister
 * Bud Bonar (1906–1970), American football player
 * Dan Bonar (born 1956), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Haley Bonar (born 1983), Canadian-born American singer-songwriter
 * Horatius Bonar (1808–1889), Scottish poet and minister
 * Ivan Bonar (1924–1988), American actor
 * James Bonar (civil servant) (1852–1941), Scottish civil servant, economist and historian
 * James Bonar (moderator) (c. 1570–c. 1655), Church of Scotland minister
 * James Bonar (philanthropist) (1801–1867), Scottish lawyer and philanthropist
 * James Bonar (politician) (1840–1901), New Zealand merchant, shipping agent, company director and politician
 * James Bonar (scholar) (1757–1821), Scottish lawyer and amateur astronomer
 * Jane C. Bonar (1821–1884), Scottish hymnwriter
 * Jim Bonar (1862–1924), Scottish footballer
 * John Bonar (minister) (1721–1761), Church of Scotland minister
 * John Bonar (set decorator) (1886–1963), American set decorator
 * Maureen Bonar (born 1962), Canadian curler
 * Paul Bonar (born 1976), Scottish footballer
 * Rosalie Julie von Bonar, Austrian noblewoman
 * Sarah Bonar (born 1994), Scottish rugby union player
 * Steven Bonar (born 1979), Scottish footballer
 * Thomson Bonar (1738–1814), Scottish publisher

Given name

 * Bonar Bain (1923–2005), Canadian actor
 * Bonar Colleano (1924–1958), American actor
 * Bonar Dunlop (1916–1992), New Zealand artist, sculptor, and illustrator
 * Bonar Hardie (1925–2014), British sailor
 * Bonar Law (1858–1923), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
 * Bonar Menninger, author of Mortal Error