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Bonita
Say it: boh-NEE-tuh
Meaning
From Spanish bonita 'pretty', a word rather than a traditional Spanish given name.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used mostly by English-speaking Americans in the 1920s to 1950s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1950s
In the United States
- 37,781 babies given this name since 1888
- At its height in 1950, about 1 in 1,100 girls
- 15 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Bonita Granville, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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