Bonaventura Family History
Bonaventura Name Meaning
Italian: from the personal name Bonaventura meaning ‘good fortune’ bestowed as an omen or well-wishing name or in honor of a 13th-century Italian bishop and theologian St. Bonaventure (San Bonaventura in Italian) who was given the nickname Bonaventura by St. Francis of Assisi when he cured him miraculously as a child. Catalan: from the Italian personal name Bonaventura the name of a Christian saint (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022