Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
BONNY
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BONNY. BONNEY. " Bonny ; good in any respect; liaving good features, good complexion, good form, good and manly disjositions." Eichardson. Fr. ban, good. Au enviable surname. In the S. of England the name Boniface is thus contracted.
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English