The name Bonnie is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "happy, cheerful, beautiful".

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Predominantly used for girls and associated with "Bonnie Scotland", Bonnie was used quietly for boys in the US throughout the first half of the 20th century, peaking in the 1934 when it was given to around 94 boys (compared to 3753 girls, that is), though its usage for boys diminished greatly after it was famously used as a feminine choice in Gone with the Wind (1939).
 
 It most recently featured in the charts in 2023 when 5 boys were given the name, perhaps owing to its similarity to other unisex nickname names like Bernie, Bennie, Billy/ie, and Ronnie.

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The name Bonnie peaked for boys at #464 in 1905. Bonnie is also used for girls, ranking #396 in 2025.

The name Bonnie is a girl's name of Scottish origin meaning "beautiful, cheerful".

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Bonnie is an adorable nickname name, heading back up the popularity list after a 50-year nap. A Top 100 girls' name throughout the rest of the English-speaking world, Americans are later to jump on the Bonnie bandwagon but now it's trending here too.
 
Bonnie is a word the Scots really do use for pretty, thus the root of this name, from the French bonne. Along with Betty and Bea, Bonnie, is one of the vintage <a href="https://nameberry.com/search/girls-names/b">girls' names starting with B</a>that are back in.
 Gone With the Wind gave Bonnie a big push when Scarlett and Rhett used it for their daughter. Her full name was Eugenie Victoria, but the pet name came from the fact that she had "eyes as blue as the bonnie blue flag." 
 Bonnie's last moment in the limelight came in the late sixties with the film Bonnie and Clyde, about outlaw Bonnie Parker. Now after a long decline, it's finally showing new signs of life, perhaps thanks to the Bonnies in The Vampire Diaries and The Hunger Games, as well as a new miniseries about the 1930s-era bandits.

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The name Bonnie is currently ranked #396 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #33 in 1946. The name is most popular in BONNIE, BONNIE, and BONNIE. Bonnie is occasionally used for boys in 2023.

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