As described in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

The father of a family, "Pater familias," whence husband, that is, house-bond. Bonde, in Danish, is a peasant, countryman, also a villager.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BOND. A-Sax. ionda, a householder, proprietor, husbandman. Latinized Paterfamilias, according to JIag. Brit. i. 61, "and rightly enough as it should seem, because much in the same sense in composition we use husband or husband." Le Bond. H.E. There are several persons called Bonde in Domesd., one of whom is somewhat contradictorily called " liber homo."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Surname type: Status name

Origin: English

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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