Bonita - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Bonita \b(o)-ni-

is pronounced boh-NEE-tah. It is of Spanish origin, and its meaning is "pretty". Coined in America in the 1940s. Also possibly the feminine equivalent of the male name Bonitus (Latin) "good", which was borne by an Italian saint of the sixth century and a Provençal saint of the seventh. Bonnie is the pet form.

Bonita has 5 variant forms: Bo, Bonie, Bonnie, Bonny and Nita.

Baby names that sound like Bonita are Benita, Bente, Benoite, Benetta and Bunty.

Bonita is a very common first name for women (#509 out of 4276) and a slightly less common last name for both men and women (#74780 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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