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    The first name Bonaventure

    A unisex name from Latin.

    4 syllables Unisex

    Meaning and origin

    Latin origin

    A male given name from Latin.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Bonaventure at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2025, 6 boys born in the United States were named Bonaventure, the 10,868th most popular boys’ name that year.

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    11
    babies named Bonaventure since 1880
    #10,868
    rank in 2025
    2025
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Bonaventure in other languages

    Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

    Бонавентура
    Bonaventura
    Bulgarian
    Bonaventura
    Catalan
    Bonaventura
    Czech
    Bonaventura
    Danish
    Bonaventura
    Dutch
    Bonaventura
    Esperanto
    Bonaventura
    Estonian
    Bonaventura
    Finnish
    Bonaventura
    German
    בונוונטורה
    Hebrew
    Bonaventura
    Hungarian
    Bonaventura
    Indonesian
    Bonaventura
    Italian
    Bonaventura
    Latin
    Bonaventura
    Latvian
    Bonaventūras
    Lithuanian
    Bonaventura
    Norwegian
    Bonawentura
    Polish
    Boaventura
    Portuguese
    Bonaventura
    Romanian
    Бонавентура
    Bonaventura
    Russian
    Bonaventura
    Slovak
    Bonaventura
    Slovene
    Buenaventura
    Spanish

    Spelled Bonaventure in French, Irish and Welsh too.

    Famous people named Bonaventure

    6 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bonaventure
      Franciscan, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, Catholic saint (1221–1274)
    • Bonaventure des Périers
      French writer, 1510–1544
    • Bonaventure Djonkep
      Cameroonian footballer, born 1961
    • Prosper Bonaventure Ky
      Burkinabe Catholic prelate (born in 1965)
    • Bonaventure Nahimana
      Burundian clergyman, Bishop of Rutana, born 1959
    • Bonaventure Sokambi
      Footballer, born 1991

    More Latin unisex names

    All 381 names of Latin origin

    Questions

    What is the origin of the name Bonaventure?
    Bonaventure comes from Latin.
    When was Bonaventure most popular?
    2025 in the United States, when 6 babies were named Bonaventure, its highest rank at 10,868th.