Bonar (name)
# Bonar (name)

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

## Notable people

### 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
* James Bonar (civil servant) (1852–1941), Scottish civil servant, economist and historian
* James Bonar (politician) (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 (born 1962), Canadian curler
* Paul Bonar (born 1976), Scottish footballer
* Thomson Bonar (1738–1814), Scottish publisher

### Given name

* Bonar Bain (1923–2005), Canadian actor
* Bonar Colleano (1924–1958), American actor
* Bonar Law (1858–1923), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
