Given name & surname
Bonnee
“a pretty and charming girl”
Bonnee is a variant of Bonnie. One Scottish interpretation is “a pretty and charming girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bonnee is a variant of Bonnie. One Scottish interpretation is “a pretty and charming girl.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bonnee is a variant of Bonnie. An origin associated with Bonnie is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Bonnee is a variant of Bonnie. The history of Bonnie gives this family its wider story. The nickname Bonnie appears in Gone with the Wind as the familiar name of Scarlett O’Hara’s daughter, whose full name is Eugenie Victoria. The film may have helped the name spread; its use as a given name was especially associated with the United States rather than Scotland.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Bonnee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 0 boys · 76 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 10 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 7 in 1958. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 135 as a first name in 2020; 104 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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