NO it's not GOD
2006-07-16 19:21:17 · 8 answers · asked by achtungdavie 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Real name: Paul David Hewson
"His nickname "Bono Vox" – usually shortened to "Bono" – is an alteration of Bona Vox, a brand of hearing aid for which the Latin translates to "good voice". Bono was given the moniker by his mates because it was the name of a shop they regularly passed on North Earl Street, just off O'Connell Street, in Dublin. A different theory says he was nicknamed after a hearing aid shop by his friend Gavin Friday because he sang so loudly he seemed to be singing for the deaf. Initially, Bono did not like his new nickname. However, when he learned it could be translated to "good voice", he accepted it. "Bono Vox" literally means "The voice to the good man", Vox, the subject and Bono, the indirect object. The word bono is also Italian slang for "sexy" and the dative form of the Latin word bonus; see List of Latin phrases."
2006-07-16 19:25:56 · answer #1 · answered by buxinator 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Paul David Hewson (born May 10, 1960), nicknamed Bono Vox - stage name Bono (pronounced Bonn-oh) - is the lead singer, and sometimes rhythm guitarist of the Irish rock band U2. Bono lives south of Dublin with his family and shares a villa in Eze, France with The Edge, as well as an apartment in The Dakota, the same apartment building in which John Lennon lived in Manhattan.
2006-07-16 19:24:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mr Bono
2016-03-26 21:17:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bono's real name is Paul David Hewson, I don't know how he got the nick name Bono though, sorry
2006-07-16 19:44:37 · answer #4 · answered by faye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His real name is Paul Hewson
He used to busk outside a hearing aid shop on Talbot Street in Dublin called bonovox!!
2006-07-17 00:00:11 · answer #5 · answered by smiling 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His name is Paul Hewson. Don't have the foggiest how he got his nickname
2006-07-17 03:23:24 · answer #6 · answered by Duffy1961 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bonovox - good voice great voice
2006-07-17 00:18:49 · answer #7 · answered by raven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's short for Bone r
2006-07-16 20:07:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋