Bonaventure
/ˌboʊnəˈvɛn.tʃər/noun
A given name and surname, and the name of several places and institutions.
Did you know?Bonaventure is a Latinized name built from bona ventura, and it survives in Saint Bonaventure’s name as a medieval Christian blessing of prosperous “good coming.”
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
bona ventura
“good fortune; favorable future”
Late Latin
Latin
Bonaventura
“a Latinized personal name meaning “good fortune””
Middle Ages
Italian
Bonaventura
“used as a personal name and saint’s name”
13th Century
Latin
Bonaventura
“the name adopted by the Franciscan theologian Saint Bonaventure”
Modern English
English
Bonaventure
“a personal name, surname, and place name”