Bagnara is an Italian toponymic surname and refers to those from Bagnara Calabra in Calabria, Bagnara di Romagna in Emilia-Romagna and Bagnara in Piedmont. The word Bagnara was derived from the Latin term balnearia which means "bathing place".
Notable people with the surname include: Eros Bagnara (born 1985), Italian football player Francesco Bagnara (1784–1866), Italian scenographer, decorator and landscape architect Paolo Ruffo di Bagnara (1791–1865), Neapolitan diplomat and soldier Pietro di Bagnara (1511/1520–1590/1595), Italian monk and painter
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