Given name & surname
Bunny
“resembling a little rabbit”
Bunny is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “resembling a little rabbit.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “resembling a little rabbit.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bunny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,978
- 149 boys · 1,829 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 70 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,572 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,572 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 66 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,622 as a first name in 2020; 283 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.
Bunny’s family of names
Bunny has a related form in Bunnie. Bunny has a related form in Bunni. Bunny has a related form in Bunnea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Bunny
- Bunny LeeJamaican record producer (1941-2020)
- Bunny YeagerAmerican photographer and model (1929–2014)
- Bunny BeriganAmerican musician (1908-1942)
- Bunny BellEnglish footballer (1911-1988)
- Bunny GibsonAmerican dancerborn 1946
- Bunny McDiarmidenvironmental activist from New Zealandborn 1957
- Bunny GrantJamaican boxer (1940-2018)
- Bunny BrunelFrench-American bass guitaristborn 1950
- Bunny CarrIrish television presenter1927–2018
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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