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Bone Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

The name Bone is closely linked to Boone. The family name meaning is “From Bohon in Normandy, or good”, the same as for Boone.

  • The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Bone with 10,692 bearers, at rank 3,350.
  • Without the “o” of Boone, Bone is a simpler written form of the same name.

Heraldry and the Bone name

There is no single Bone family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. For the full story, order the Bone surname pack.