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Bonnie is a given name and is sometimes used as a descriptive reference, as in the Scottish folk song My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean or about John Graham, 7th Laird of Claverhouse. It comes from the word "bonnie" (handsome, pretty, attractive), or the (good). That is in turn derived from the Latin word "bonus" (). The name can also be used as a pet form of Bonita.


Usage
The name has been in use, primarily in the , since the 1800s. It has been ranked among the 50 most popular names for newborn girls in the since 2020 and had been rising in popularity for British girls since the 1990s. It was among the 1,000 most used names for newborn girls in the between 1880 and 2003, reaching the height of popularity between 1928 and 1966, when it was ranked among the 100 most popular names for newborn American girls. It was also ranked among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn American boys between 1884 and 1953. The name then declined in popularity but has again risen in usage for girls in the United States in recent years and has been ranked among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn girls there since 2014. It has also been among the top 100 names for girls in since 2014, in since 2021, and in since 2019. In , the name was among the 100 most popular names for girls between 1940 and 1973, but has since declined in usage.

Spelling variants in use include Bonney, Bonni and Bonny. Elaborations of the name such as Bonnibel are also used. Other related names, also containing the word element bon, meaning good or attractive in various languages, include the French Bonne, the Bona and the Bonita. Some related given names or surnames include Bonaccorso, Bonaparte, Bonaventura, Bonaventure, , , and Bueno.

The increase in usage of the name coincides with its use for characters in movie and television productions. It was the nickname used for Bonnie Blue Butler, the young daughter of and Scarlett O’Hara in Margaret Mitchell’s 1935 novel Gone with the Wind and its 1939 film adaptation, because the child's eyes were said to be “as blue as the bonnie blue flag.” The name gained some notoriety via bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow and the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde made about the couple. The name was later used for , a character in the television series The Vampire Diaries, which aired from 2009 to 2017, and for Bonnie Anderson, the toddler who inherits Andy's toys, in the 2010 film Toy Story 3 and the 2019 sequel Toy Story 4.


People named Bonnie

Women
  • (born 1960), American actress
  • , Canadian director and actress
  • Bonnie Anderson (Episcopalian), American religious leader
  • (1924–2017), American journalist and author
  • , American film producer
  • (1947–2003), American fashion designer
  • (1933–2019), American actuary, mathematician, and author
  • Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, American academic
  • (born 1987), French alternative pop singer
  • (1913–1989), American actress, dancer, and model
  • , American geneticist and plant biologist
  • (born 1929), American actress
  • (born 1962), American molecular biologist
  • (born 1979), Indian actress, sometimes informally referred to as Bonnie
  • (born 1946), American artist
  • (born 1941), American activist and retired actress
  • (born 1948), American actress
  • (born c. 1964 or 1965), American mathematician and computer scientist
  • (born 1945), American canine researcher
  • (born 1970), American sportscaster
  • (born 1963), American singer and actress
  • (1914–1995), American modern dancer and dance educator
  • , American country-rock singer-songwriter
  • Bonnie J. Blackburn (born 1939), American musicologist
  • (born 1964), American Olympic speed skater
  • Bonnie Blue (born 1999), stage name of English pornographic actress and content creator Tia Billinger
  • (born 1982), Chinese author and screenwriter
  • (1905–1964), American entertainer
  • , Canadian novelist
  • , American teacher and technology consultant
  • (born 1944), American singer and sometime actress
  • (born 1988), American Paralympic volleyball player
  • (born 1939), American Beat writer
  • (born c. 1973), American auction-house executive
  • (c. 1952 or 1953-2017), Canadian affordable housing advocate and poet
  • , American speech language pathologist
  • , American fashion designer
  • (born 1953), Canadian department store executive
  • Bonnie Bruckheimer (born 1944), American film and television producer
  • Bonnie Bryant (golfer) (born 1943), American professional golfer
  • (born 1946), American author
  • , academic and author
  • Bonnie A. Bulla, American judge
  • (1927-1996), American sexologist, nurse, and author
  • (born 1952), American planetary scientist
  • (1945-2017), Canadian short story writer and novelist
  • , American art historian
  • , American film and television actress
  • (1945–2020), Canadian psychotherapist
  • (born 1972), American author, journalist, comedian, actress, and show host
  • Bonnie Campbell (politician) (born 1948), American attorney and politician
  • Bonnie Jo Campbell (born 1962), American novelist and short story writer
  • (born 1962), American boxer and kickboxer
  • , American army widow and activist
  • (1908–2000), American fashion designer
  • (born 1960), American nurse labor leader
  • Bonnie A. Charpentier, American chemist
  • , American author
  • Bonnie Christensen (1951–2015), American author and illustrator
  • Bonnie Clutter (1914-1959), American murder victim
  • (born 1970), American artist
  • Bonnie R. Cohen (born 1942), American government official
  • , American theatre producer
  • Bonnie Ethel Cone (1907–2003), American educator and founder of University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • (1938–2005), American motivational speaker
  • Bonnie H. Cordon (born 1964), American church leader
  • (born 1950), American literary scholar
  • (born 1960), Canadian politician, formerly Member of the Canadian Parliament
  • (born 1966), American film producer
  • (born 1959), retired American track and field athlete
  • (1920–1976), American R&B singer
  • , American actress
  • (born 1952), Indigenous Canadian artist
  • Bonnie Thornton Dill (born 1944), American feminist academic
  • (born 1940), Canadian folk music songwriter, singer, and guitarist
  • , American computer scientist
  • , American lawyer
  • (born 1949), retired American astronaut
  • , American public health researcher
  • , Australian cinematographer
  • Bonnie Erbé (born 1954), American journalist and television host
  • (born 1941), American costume designer
  • , American electrical engineer and academic administrator
  • Bonnie Lynn Fields (1944–2012), American actress and Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club
  • , American physicist
  • (1944–2013), American actress
  • (born 1956), Canadian media executive
  • (born 1963), retired American professional tennis player
  • , American music manager
  • (born 1962), American politician
  • Bonnie Garland (died 1977), American murder victim
  • (born 1957), American author
  • Boronia Lucy "Bonnie" Giles (1909-1978), Australian journalist and advice columnist
  • Bonnie S. Glaser, American foreign policy analyst
  • , American diplomat
  • (born 1948), American mathematician
  • Bonnie Gordon (artist) (born 1941), American artist
  • (born 1986), American actress and parody musician
  • Bonnie L. Green, American psychiatrist
  • (born 1948), American-British playwright, novelist and critic
  • , American classical pianist
  • Bonnie Urquhart Gruenberg (born 1963), American photographer, author, artist, and certified nurse-midwife
  • (1923–2019), American country-pop singer
  • (born 1950), American network and studio executive
  • , Australian artist, film maker, and intersex human rights activist
  • , American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
  • Bonnie HeavyRunner (died 1997), American academic
  • Bonnie Henrickson (born 1963), American women's college basketball coach
  • (born 1965/66), Provincial Health Officer for
  • , Canadian politician
  • (born 1959), American political theorist
  • (born 1961), American comedian, actress, director, producer, writer, host, and voice artist
  • (1935–2013), American politician
  • , American diplomat
  • Bonnie L. Jensen (1938-2024), American missionary and international relations specialist
  • Bonnie E. John (born 1955), American cognitive psychologist
  • , Canadian animal trainer
  • Bonnie S. Klapper, American lawyer
  • Bonnie Sherr Klein (born 1941), American feminist filmmaker, author and disability rights activist
  • (born 1944), American folk music singer-songwriter, actress, and artist
  • , American rabbi
  • , American judoka
  • Bonnie Korzeniowski (1941–2019), Canadian politician
  • Bonnie-Jill Laflin (born 1976), American actress, model, television personality and sportscaster
  • (born 1964), British actress, dancer and entertainer
  • (1968–2016), Hong Kong actress and singer
  • (1931–2006), American Chicago blues singer
  • (1926–2010), American writer, teacher, and historian best known for founding and running Quilter's Newsletter Magazine
  • Bonnie Titcomb Lewis, American politician
  • (1937–2012), American mathematics educator
  • (born 1994), Singapore-based Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
  • (1924–2015), American rock and roll and country music singer
  • Bonnie Low-Kramen (born 1957), American author, speaker, teacher, and workplace activist
  • (born 1940), American politician
  • (born 1944), American writer and academic
  • , Canadian government official
  • (born 1949), former British dancer, theatre producer and director
  • (born 1951), American actress, playwright, screenwriter and producer
  • (1939–2020), American artist
  • (1880–1964), American actress
  • , American philosopher
  • , American television writer and producer
  • , American critic and publisher
  • (1945–2018), American scientist
  • (born 1979), South African actress, businesswoman, and television personality
  • (born 1941), American anthropologist
  • Bonnie McElveen-Hunter (born 1950), American businesswoman, philanthropist, and diplomat
  • (born 1973), Canadian stand-up comedian and writer
  • (born 1984), award-winning American singer, songwriter, and actress
  • , Canadian businesswoman and politician
  • (1912–2002), Australian freestyle and backstroke swimmer
  • , American musical theater performer and television actor
  • Bonnie Mitchelson (born 1947), Canadian politician
  • , American actress and contortionist
  • Bonnie J. Morris (born 1961), American women's studies scholar
  • , American writer
  • , American academic
  • (1927–1985), American religious leader
  • (born 1945), American businesswoman
  • Bonnie Ntshalintshali (1967–1999), South African ceramicist and sculptor
  • Bonnie L. Oscarson (born 1950), American 14th president of the LDS Church's Young Women organization
  • (1929–2006), American country music singer
  • Bonnie Parker (1910–1934), American gangster (Bonnie and Clyde)
  • (born 1946), American politician
  • Bonnie Lineweaver Paul (born 1940), American lawyer and politician
  • (born 1962), American Episcopal Bishop
  • (born 1983), Australian actress and singer
  • (born 1973), Japanese singer, songwriter, and musician
  • (1912–1993), American actress
  • (1950–2020), American R&B and disco singer (of The Pointer Sisters)
  • Bonnie Burnham Potter (born 1947), United States Navy admiral
  • (1914–2011), American physical fitness pioneer, rock climber and mountaineer
  • (born 1949), American blues singer-songwriter and slide guitar player
  • , American cystic fibrosis researcher
  • (born 1927), American professional golfer
  • , American statistician and data scientist
  • (born 1969), American politician
  • Bonnie Richardson (born 1990), American track and field athlete
  • (born 1962), award-winning Scottish fiddler
  • (born c. 1971 or 1972), American actress and film producer
  • (born c. 1966 or 1967), American video game developer
  • Bonnie Roupé (born 1976), Swedish-born international businesswoman and social entrepreneur
  • (born 1951), American artist, curator, and writer
  • (born 1941), American actress and singer
  • , American television meteorologist and author
  • (born 1949), American-Canadian author and illustrator
  • Bonnie Sherr Klein (born 1941), Canadian feminist filmmaker, author and disability rights activist
  • (1945–2021), American artist
  • , American author
  • (born 1963), American graphic designer
  • , American radio personality
  • , American pharmacology researcher
  • Bonnie G. Smith (born 1940), American feminist historian
  • Bonnie Somerville (born 1974), American actress and singer
  • (born 1947), American philosopher
  • Bonnie St. Claire (born 1949), Dutch singer and actress
  • Bonnie St. John (born 1964), American para-alpine skier
  • (born 1952), American athlete and businesswoman
  • (born 1959), American choreographer
  • (born c. 1942 or 1943), American broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker
  • Bonnie Strickland (born 1936), American psychologist and academic
  • Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, American fantasy author
  • (born 1989), Australian actress
  • Bonnie Lynn Tempesta (1953–2014), American baker and businesswoman
  • Bonnie C. Templeton (1906–2002), American botanist
  • (born 1969), American softball player and coach
  • (born 1948), American aviator
  • Bonnie Timmermann (born 1947), American casting director and producer
  • (1948–2009), American activist
  • (born 1997), Australian rules footballer
  • Bonnie Myotai Treace (born 1956), American Zen Buddhist
  • (born 1977), American author and journalist
  • Bonnie Turner (born 1940), American screenwriter and producer
  • (born 1951), Welsh singer
  • Bonnie Ann Wallace (born 1951), British and American biophysicist and biochemist
  • Bonnie Watson Coleman (born 1945), American politician
  • (born 1946), computational linguist
  • (born c. 1962), American lawyer and politician
  • (1926-1965), American jazz double-bassist
  • (born 1966), Canadian Olympic gymnast
  • , American critic of Scientology
  • (born 1991), British actress, fashion model, screenwriter, director and producer
  • (born 1980), American soccer player
  • (born 1946), American designer, creator of My Little Pony toy line
  • (born 1947), American literary critic and women's studies scholar


Men
  • Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (born 1970), stage name for
  • Bonnie Chakraborty, Indian playback singer
  • Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720–1788), also known as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
  • Bonnie Garcia (coach), Filipino basketball coach
  • (1914–2001), American basketball player and coach
  • Bonnie Bunyau Gustin (born 1999), Malaysian powerlifter
  • Bonnie Hollingsworth (1895–1990), American baseball player
  • (1908–1990), Australian rules footballer
  • (born 1929), Ugandan novelist, fiction writer, lexicographer
  • (1920–1996), American baseball player
  • (born 1948), American professional football player
  • (1914–1994), American mathematician
  • (born 1972), Filipino basketball coach
  • (born 1979), Indonesian historian, politician, and museum curator


Surname


Fictional characters
  • Bonnie, a character in the television series
  • Bonnie, a character from The Walking Dead video games 'and television series
  • Bonnie, a character in the television series Who's the Boss?
  • Bonnie, a character in the video game
  • Bonnie, ' daughter in the Pillow World in the animated franchise Adventure Time
  • Bonnie, also known as Experiment 149, an alien character in Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise
  • Bonnie Anderson, in the Toy Story franchise
  • Bonnie Bennett, from the television series The Vampire Diaries
    • Bonnie McCullough, a character in the novel series The Vampire Diaries
  • Bonnie Black, a character in the comic book Reborn
  • Bonnie Brindle, a character in the sitcom Small Wonder
  • Princess Bonnibel 'Bonnie' Bubblegum, from the animated franchise Adventure Time
  • Bonnie the Bunny, a character in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise
  • Bonnie Butler, in Gone with the Wind
  • Bonnie Castle, a character in the film Original Sin
  • Bonnie Green, a character in the novel The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
  • Bonnie Lisbon, the middle sister in The Virgin Suicides
  • Bonnie MacFarlane, a major character in Red Dead Redemption
  • Bonnie Malloy, the titular character of the television series Life with Bonnie
  • Bonnie McMurray, a recurring character on the Canadian television sitcom Letterkenny
  • Bonnie Rockwaller, the self-proclaimed "mean girl" on the animated series
  • Bonnie Plunkett, main character in CBS sitcom Mom
  • Bonnie Simpson, a character in 1989 American independent coming of age comedy movie She's Out of Control
  • , from the animated series
  • Bonnie Walker, a main character on the American sitcom
  • Bonnie Watkins, a character on the original sitcom Roseanne
  • Bonnie Winterbottom, a character in the TV series How to Get Away with Murder


See also
  • Bonny (disambiguation)
  • Bonaventure (disambiguation)


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