Cogns.: Norw, Dan.: Bonde, Bonne ('farmer') Low Ger.: Bunde
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| Bond surname origins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bond - English; status name for a peasant farmer or husbandman, ME bonde (OE bonda, bunda,reinforced by ON bonde, bondi). The ON word was also in use as a personal name, and this has given rise to other Eng. and Scandinavian surnames alongside those originating as status names. The status of the peasant farmer fluctuated considerably during the Middle Ages; moreover, the underlying Gmc word is of disputed origin and meaning. OED connects it with OE buan 'to dwell', via the pres. part. buende dweller, However, it is more likely that the word is ultimately akin to binban 'to bind': the Proto-Gme word bonda probably signified a member of a band or tribe bound together by loyalty to their chief. Among Gme peoples who settled to an agricultural life, the term came to signify a farmer holding lands from, and bound by loyalty to, a lord; from this development the sense of a free landholder as opposed to a serf. In England after the Norman Conquest the word sank in status and became associated with the notion of bound servitude, whereas in Scandinavia bonde means simply 'farmer' with no such derogatory overtones. | |
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| Here are a couple of examples of Bond family member Coat of Arms. The one above has a Helm that is facing forward with the visor up. The Helm is silver trimed in gold. I've read books on the subject of Heraldry, and they state when a Helm (helmet) is displayed in this fashion, the Coat of Arms belonged to a Knight. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remember, a Coat of Arms does not belong to a family name. Instead, it belonged to a family member who had the same surname in the past. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Var.: Bonde, Bound, Bound(e)y, Bund(e)y. Cogns.: Norw, Dan.: Bonde, Bonne ('farmer') Low Ger.: Bunde |
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| Below are maps for the Bond family distribution. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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