Bonni
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BON-ee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Bonni is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “pretty, attractive”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Bonni mean?
Scottish: spelling of Bonnie; Scots word, probably from French bon, 'good'
“pretty, attractive”
Bonnie Prince Charlie was the nickname of Charles Edward Stuart, leader of the 1745 Jacobite rising.
Meaning borrowed from Bonnie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Bonni a girl's or a boy's name?
Bonni is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bonni in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Bonni, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bonni in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,042 girls in the UK were given Bonni or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Bonni in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
Names like Bonni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Heidi, Joni, Betsy, Marnie, Robyn, Gigi, Penny, Darcie, Connie, Nancy, Billie, Ivy-Rose
Other spellings of Bonni
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bonni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bonni, updated 20 October 2026.