 Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and Cammie King as Bonnie Blue Butler in a scene from the 1939 popular film Gone with the Wind | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɒni/ BON-ee |
|---|---|
| Gender | Primarily female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Scottish |
| Meaning | Pretty, Attractive, Beautiful, Good |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Bona, Bonaccorso, Bonaparte, Bonaventura, Bonaventure, Boniface, Bonilla, Bonita, Bonney, Bonni, Bonnibel, Bonny |
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 or Bonnie Dundee about John Graham, 7th Laird of Claverhouse. It comes from the Scots language word "bonnie" (handsome, 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.