Bonus: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Bonus – Meaning: good – Origin: Latin – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: BOH-nuhs


Bonus is a Latin boy's name meaning “good”. It appears in our list of 150+ Roman Mythology Baby Names — Ancient Power, Unmistakably Modern.

Meaning & Origin of Bonus

Meaning: Good.

Origin: Latin.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Bonus

Phonetic: BOH-nuhs   IPA: /ˈboʊnəs/

Popularity of Bonus

Bonus doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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