Bonnie

For other uses, see Bonnie (disambiguation).

Bonnie

Pronunciation	/ˈbɒni/ BON-ee
Gender	male or female
Origin
Word/name	Scottish
Meaning	Pretty, Attractive, Beautiful, Good
Other names
Related names	Bonita

Bonnie is a Scottish given name commonly used for females. It is rarely used as a male given name and is sometimes used as a descriptive reference. It comes from the Scottish 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.

Cultural

Bonnie is the main character in the Scottish folk song "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean". It was covered by The Beatles a year after their formation in 1961, peaking at #5 in a German chart. Legend suggests the album My Bonnie played a role in their early recognition and later success.

Bonnie the orangutan was noted for her musical abilities, namely whistling.

Tropical systems and hurricanes

• Hurricane Bonnie (1986) (struck Texas and Louisiana)
• Hurricane Bonnie (1992)
• Hurricane Bonnie (1998) (struck North Carolina)
• Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004) (struck northwest Florida)

Notable people

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
• Bonnie 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 (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 Gold, American mathematician
• Bonnie Greer (born 1948), American-British playwright, novelist and critic
• Bonnie Guitar (born 1923), American Country-Pop Singer
• 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 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 American Gangster (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 Sherr Klein (born 1941), Canadian feminist filmmaker, author and disability rights activist
• 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
• Bonaventure (b.1221), St. Bonaventure, contemporary of St. Thomas Aquinas

Fictional characters

• Bonnie Swanson, from the animated series Family Guy
• Bonnie Anderson, in Toy Story 3
• Bonnie McCullough, a character in the book series, The Vampire Diaries
• Bonnie Bennett, from the television series The Vampire Diaries
• Bonnie Malloy, the main character of the TV series Life with Bonnie
• Bonnie Rockwaller, the self-proclaimed "mean girl" on the animated series "Kim Possible"
• Bonnie Winterbottom, a character in the TV series How To Get Away With Murder
• Bonnie Butler, in Gone with the Wind
• Bonnie MacFarlane, a major character in Red Dead Redemption
• Bonnie Bunny, a major character in Five Nights at Freddy's
• Bonnie, one of Ash Ketchum's friends and is Clemont's younger sister in Pokémon The Series: XY
• Bonnie Plunkett, main character in CBS sitcom Mom (TV series)