Bonnie
Bonnie is a girl name of English origin, meaning Pretty, cheerful and good.
What Bonnie means
Pretty, cheerful and good.
Bonnie sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Bonnie comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Bonnie is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Bonnie?
Bonnie is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Bonnie is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Bonnie
Two ideas meet in Bonnie: Happy and grace and gentleness. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Bonnie
These share Bonnie's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Bliss — Perfect joy.
- Willow — Willow tree — grace and flexibility.
- Joy — Great happiness and delight.
- Maybelle — Lovable and dear.
- Rue — Herb of grace.
- Sunny — Bright and cheerful as the sun.
- Tatum — Cheerful; brings joy.
- Beatrice — She who brings happiness.
- Annika — Grace, favor.
- Anouk — Grace, favor.
- Anya — Grace, favor.
- Belle — Beautiful.
More English names
- Bluebell — The woodland bell flower.
- Bradley — Broad meadow.
- Blue — The colour of the sky and sea.
- Brayden — Broad meadow; brave.
- Bliss — Perfect joy.
- Briar — A wild, thorny rose bush.
- Blake — Dark; fair.
- Bristol — From the bridge by the meeting place.
- Birdy — Little bird.
- Bronx — From the New York borough.