Bonnie
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɒni/ BON-ee |
|---|---|
| Gender | neutral |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Scottish |
| Meaning | Pretty, Attractive, Beautiful, Good |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Bonita, Bonnibel |
Bonnie, is a Scottish given name and is sometimes used as a descriptive reference, as in the Scottish folk song, My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean. It comes from the Scots language word "bonnie" (pretty, attractive), or the French bonne (good). That is in turn derived from the Latin word "bonus" (good). The name can also be used as a pet form of Bonita.
People named Bonnie
Women
- Bonnie Bartlett (born 1929), American actress
- Bonnie Bedelia (born 1948), American actress
- Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), American sportscaster
- Bonnie Bianco (born 1963), American singer and actress
- Bonny Blair (born 1964), retired American speedskater
- Bonnie Bramlett (born 1944), American singer and sometime actress
- Bonnie Crombie (born 1960), Canadian politician, formerly 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 (1944–2013), American actress
- Bonnie Fuller (born 1956), Canadian media executive
- Bonnie Gadusek (born 1963), retired American professional tennis player
- Bonnie Garland, American murder victim
- Bonnie Gold, American mathematician
- Bonnie Greer (born 1948), American-British playwright, novelist and critic
- Bonnie Guitar (born 1923), American Country-Pop Singer
- Bonnie Henry (born 1965/66), Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia
- Bonnie Hunt (born 1961), comedian, actress, director, producer, writer, host, and voice artist
- Bonnie Koloc (born 1946), American folk music singer-songwriter, actress, and artist
- Bonnie Langford (born 1964), British actress, dancer and entertainer
- Bonnie Lee (1931–2006), American Chicago blues singer
- Bonnie Loo (born 1994), Singapore-based Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
- 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 Mathieson (1945–2018), American scientist
- Bonnie McFarlane (born 1973), Canadian stand-up comedian and writer
- Bonnie McKee (born 1984), award-winning American singer, songwriter, and actress
- Bonnie Mealing (1912–2002), Australian freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- Bonnie Milligan, musical theater performer and television actor
- Bonnie Owens (1929–2006), American country music singer
- Bonnie Parker (1910–1934), American gangster (Bonnie and Clyde)
- Bonnie Pink (born 1973), Japanese singer, songwriter, and musician
- Bonnie Poe (1912–1993), American actress
- Bonnie Pointer (1950–2020), 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 Shrek Klein (born 1941), Canadian feminist filmmaker, author and disability rights activist
- Bonnie Sherk (1945–2021), American artist
- 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 My Little Pony toy line.
Men
- Bonnie Stewart (died 1994), professor of mathematics
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (b. 1970), stage name for Will Oldham
- Bonnie Prince Charlie (b.1720), also known as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Fictional characters
.Bonnie Green is a character in the Wolves of Willoughby Chase.The book was published in 1962.
- Bonnie, a character in Pokémon The Series: XY
- Bonnie, a character from The Walking Dead video games 'and television series
- Bonnie, a character in the TV show Who's the Boss?
- Bonnie, a character in the video game Brawl Stars
- Bonnie Anderson, in Toy Story
- Bonnie Brindle, a character in sitcom Small Wonder (TV series)
- Bonnie Castle, Original Sin , played by Angelina Joile
- Bonnie Malloy, the main character of the TV series Life with Bonnie
- Bonnie McCullough, a character in the book series, The Vampire Diaries
- Bonnie McMurray, a reoccurring character on the Canadian television sitcom Letterkenny
- Bonnie Bennett, from the television series The Vampire Diaries
- Bonnie Rockwaller, the self-proclaimed "mean girl" on the animated series Kim Possible
- Bonnie Butler, in Gone with the Wind
- Bonnie MacFarlane, a major character in Red Dead Redemption
- 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
- Bonnie Swanson, from the animated series Family Guy
- Bonnie the Bunny, a major character in Five Nights at Freddy's
- Bonnie Watkins, a casual character who was Roseanne's coworker on the First Edition of the sitcom Roseanne
- Bonnie Winterbottom, a character in the TV series How to Get Away with Murder
- Bonnie from doll line and animated series Cry Babies
See also
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