Bonetto Family Crest & Name History

The spelling Bonetto grew out of Bonetti, an Italian surname with a long paper trail. The name is generally explained as “Little good one”.

Bonetto and Bonetti

The change of ending between Bonetti and Bonetto reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Bonini and Boni.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Bonetti and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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