Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Bonne isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bonne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 368
- 0 boys · 368 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 476 as a first name in 2020; 417 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bonne’s family of names
In French usage, Bonne has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Бона.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bonne
- Bonne of Luxembourgwife of King John II of France1315–1349
- Bona of SavoyDuchess of Milan1449–1503
- Bonne of BourbonCountess of Savoy1341–1402
- Bonne of ArtoisFrench noble (1396-1425)
- Bonne of BerryCountess of Savoy
- Bonne of Armagnacdaughter of Bernard d'Armagnac, wife of Charles d'Orléans1395
- Bonne de Pons d'HeudicourtMistress to French king1641–1709
- Bonne GauguinNorwegian actress (1910-1989)
- Bonne Marie Félicité de SérentFrench noble1739–1823
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Bonne, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Bunny
“resembling a little rabbit”
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Yvonne
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>99% girls
Francie
“woman from France; one who is free”
>99% girls
Ilene
“the light-bearer; from the green meadow”
>99% girls
Nona
“the ninth-born child”
>99% girls
Jonnie
“God is gracious”
12% boys · 88% girls