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What does Bonny mean?
Bonny 
▼ as a girls' name is a Latin, Spanish and Scottish name, and the meaning of the name Bonny is "foreign woman; pretty; fine, attractive, pretty". Bonny is an alternate form of Barbara (Latin). Bonny is also a variation of Bonita (Spanish): coined in America in the 1940s. Bonny is also used as a derivative of Bonnie (Scottish).
Variations
VARIANTS Bunny, Bunnie, Bunni, Bonni, Bonney, Bonnee, Bonie
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA BARBARA, BONITA, BONNIE Barby, Bauby, Bo, Bobbe, Bobbi▼, Bobby▼, Bonne, Bonnell, Bonnin, Bonnylee
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Bonna, ..
(male) Bonna, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Bonny Jaida (B.J.), ..
How popular is Bonny?
Bonny is a very prominent first name for females (#1538 out of 4276, Top 36%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#37835 out of 150436, Top 25%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Bonny entered the list in 1920-1929 and reached its peak position of #676 in the U.S. in the 1950s, but is not ranked currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Barbara (#930 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Bobbi, Bobby, Bonita, Bonni, Bonnie (#691) and Bunny are the prominent related forms of Bonny appearing in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Bonne, are seldom used. Adoption of these relations of Bonny reached its peak 8 decades ago (MEDIAN #724) and has become significantly lower since (#1702, DOWN 98.9%).
Similar Names
Bonny▼ is alike in pronunciation to Banee, Bena, Benni, Bennie▼, Benny, Bianey, Bina, Binah, Binnie, Binny, Bogna, Buena, Buna, Bunnee and Byna. Other recommended sound-alike names are Anny, Berny, Bindy, Blinny, Blondy, Briny, Bronny, Bunty, Cinny, Conny, Danny, Denny, Dinny, Donny, Ebonny, Fanny▼, Genny, Ginny, Hanny, Janny, Jenny▼, Jinny, Konny, Lanny, Minny, Nanny, Penny▼, Renny, Ronny, Sanny, Sinny, Sunny▲, Tony, Vinny and Winny. These names tend to be less frequently used than Bonny.
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