Bonnie

Bonnie [bon-ee]^[1] is a given name. It is usually used for females. Some males also have the name. It comes from the Scottish word "bonnie",^[2] which means pretty or attractive. There are several celebrities with the name, including Bonnie Franklin and Bonnie Raitt.This name was ranked #513 on the US Popular Names in 2021.^[3]

People

• Bonnie August (1947–2003), American fashion designer
• Bonnie Bartlett (born 1929), American actress
• Bipasha Basu (born 1979), Indian actress, sometimes informally referred to as Bonnie
• Bonnie Bedelia (born 1948), American actress
• Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), American sportscaster
• Bonnie Bianco (born 1963), American singer and actress
• 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 Devine (born 1952), Indigenous Canadian artist
• 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 Garmus, American author
• Bonnie Gold, American mathematician
• Bonnie Greer (born 1948), American-British playwright, novelist and critic
• Bonnie Urquhart Gruenberg (born 1963), American photographer, author, artist, and certified nurse-midwife
• Bonnie Guitar (1923–2019), 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 (1924–2015), 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 Shemie (born 1949), American-Canadian author and illustrator
• Bonnie Sherr 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 (1720–1788), also known as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Fictional characters

• Bonnie Green, a character in The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
• 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 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
• Bonnie Lisbon, the middle sister in The Virgin Suicides
• Bonnie, a character who is Finn Mertens' daughter in pillow world in the TV series Adventure Time
• Bonnie, what is Princess Bubblegum’s nickname in the animated television series Adventure Time
• Bonnie, a character from Bonnie's Bakery

Hurricanes named Bonnie

In 1986 and 1998, hurricanes with the name "Bonnie" struck certain parts of the United States. The 1998 storm caused between $700 million and $1 billion in damage in North Carolina. The name is still being used on Atlantic hurricanes.

References

1. "Definition of Bonnie | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
2. "Bonnie name Meaning and Origin". babys.name. Archived from the original on 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
3. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-15.