Boniface
男性名。圣 Boniface(约675-754年)是一位盎格鲁-撒克逊传教士,传教于欧洲日耳曼民族。
Contrary to the common opinion, this name derives not from Latin bonifacius 'well-doer,' but from bonifatius, from bonum 'good' and fatum 'fate.' The change to Bonifacius was due to pronunciation and from this was deduced a false etymology. Bonifatius is frequent on Latin inscriptions. Bonifacius is found only twice and these late (Thesaurus) ["Dictionary of English Surnames"]
与普遍看法相反,这个名字并不源自拉丁语 bonifacius “行善者”,而是源自 bonifatius,由 bonum “好”和 fatum “命运”组成。将其改为 Bonifacius 是由于发音,从而推导出了错误的词源。在拉丁铭文中, Bonifatius 很常见,而 Bonifacius 仅出现两次,而且很晚才出现(Thesaurus)。
这个名字在1803年开始被普遍用于“旅店老板”的意思,源自乔治·法夸尔的流行喜剧《花花公子的计策》(1707年)中的旅店老板威尔 Boniface。