Girl · Scots
Bonnie
Say it: BON-ee
Meaning
From Scots bonnie 'pretty, fine', probably from French bon 'good'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in the US from the 1930s, helped by Bonnie Blue in Gone with the Wind (1936).
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1940s
In the United States
- 329,392 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1942, about 1 in 153 girls
- 476 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Bonny
Famous bearers
- Bonnie Raitt, American musician
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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