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Pronunciation
  
/ˈbɒni/ BON-ee

Word/name
  
Scots, Latin

Gender
  
female

Related names
  
Bonita, Bonbon

Meaning
  
Pretty, Attractive, Good

Bonnie, Bonny or Bonne is a given name commonly used for females. It comes from the Scots word "bonnie" meaning "pretty, attractive", which was itself derived from Middle French bonne "good" as a way to describe a fair, good and beautiful girl. That is in turn derived from the Latin word "bonus" meaning good. The name can also be used as a pet form of Bonita. Bonnie is often used as a nickname or a form of endearment towards a loved one.

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Women

  • Bonnie Anderson (Episcopalian), former president of the House of Deputies in the Episcopal Church in the United States
  • Bonnie Anderson (singer) (born 1994), Australian singer/songwriter
  • Bonnie M. Anderson (born 1956), American news journalist
  • Bonnie Bartlett (born 1929), American actress
  • Bonnie Bassler (born 1962), American molecular biologist
  • Bonnie Bedelia (born 1948), American actress
  • Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), American sportscaster
  • Bonnie Bianco (born 1963), American singer and actress
  • Bonnie Blair (born 1964), retired American speedskater
  • Bonnie Bramlett (born 1944), American singer and sometime actress
  • Bonnie Brown (politician) (born 1941), Canadian Member of Parliament
  • Bonnie Brown (musician) (1938–2016), American singer
  • Bonnie Blair Brown (born 1947), American actress
  • Bonnie Crombie (born 1960), Canadian politician, former Member of the Canadian Parliament
  • Bonnie Curtis (born 1966), American film producer
  • Bonnie Dasse (born 1959), retired American track and field athlete
  • Bonnie Dobson (born 1940), Canadian folk music songwriter, singer, and guitarist
  • Bonnie Dunbar (born 1949), retired American astronaut
  • Bonnie Franklin (died 2013), American actress
  • Bonnie Fuller (born 1956), Canadian media executive
  • Bonnie Gadusek (born 1963), retired American professional tennis player
  • Bonnie Garland, American murder victim
  • Bonnie Greer (born 1948), American-British playwright, novelist and critic
  • Bonnie Guitar (born 1923), American country and pop singer
  • Bonnie Hunt (born 1961), comedian, actress, director, producer, writer, host and voice artist
  • Bonnie Sherr Klein (born 1941), Canadian feminist filmmaker, author and disability rights activist
  • Bonnie Koloc (born 1946), American folk music singer-songwriter, actress, and artist
  • Bonnie Langford (born 1964), British actress, dancer and entertainer
  • Bonnie Loo (born 1994, winner of Singaporean singing competition, Campus SuperStar (season 4)
  • Bonnie Lou (born 1924), American rock and roll and country music singer
  • Bonnie Lythgoe, former British dancer, theatre producer and director
  • Bonnie MacBird (born 1951), American actress, playwright, screenwriter and producer
  • Bonnie McFarlane (born 1973), Canadian stand-up comedian and writer
  • Bonnie McKee (born 1984), award-winning American singer, songwriter, and actress
  • Bonnie Mealing (died 2002), Australian freestyle and backstroke swimmer
  • Bonnie Owens (died 2006), American country music singer
  • Bonnie Parker (1910-1934), half of the American outlaw duo Bonnie and Clyde
  • Bonnie Pink (born 1973), Japanese singer, songwriter, and musician
  • Bonnie Poe (died 1993), American actress
  • Bonnie Pointer (born 1950), American R&B and disco singer (of The Pointer Sisters)
  • Bonnie Raitt (born 1949), American blues singer-songwriter and slide guitar player
  • Bonnie Rideout (born 1962), award winning Scottish fiddler
  • Bonnie Schneider, American television meteorologist and author
  • Bonnie Somerville (born 1974), American actress and singer
  • Bonnie Tyler (born 1951), Welsh singer
  • Bonnie Wright (born 1991), British actress, fashion model, screenwriter, director and producer
  • Bonnie Zacherle (born 1946), American designer, creator of the My Little Pony toy line

    • Men

  • Bonnie Stewart (died 1994), professor of mathematics

    • Fictional characters

  • Bonnie Anderson, in the movie Toy Story 3
  • Bonnie McCullough, in the The Vampire Diaries book series
  • Bonnie Bennett, from the TV series The Vampire Diaries
  • Bonnie Malloy the main character of the TV series Life with Bonnie
  • Bonnie Plunkett, one of the main characters of the TV series Mom
  • Bonnie Swanson, from the animated TV series Family Guy
  • "Bonnie Blue", the nickname given to the daughter of Scarlett and Rhett Butler from Gone with the Wind
  • Bonnie, from the Five Nights at Freddy's videogame series

    • Other

  • Bonnie (orangutan), noted for her musical whistling

    • References

    Bonnie Wikipedia
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