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