Bonnie-Lou
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BON-ee-LOO
- Origin
- Scottish
Bonnie-Lou is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “pretty, attractive + famous in battle”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bonnie-Lou mean?
Scottish: Bonnie + Lou
“pretty, attractive + famous in battle”
Joins Bonnie (Scottish, “pretty, attractive”) and Lou (Germanic, “famous in battle”).
Meanings borrowed from Bonnie and Lou.
Is Bonnie-Lou a girl's or a boy's name?
Bonnie-Lou is a girls' name.
How popular is Bonnie-Lou in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bonnie-Lou in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bonnie-Lou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
Names like Bonnie-Lou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bonnie, Arabella, Ottilie, Aurora, Athena, Delilah, Aria, Isla, Evelyn, Elodie, Harper, Ivy
More Scottish names
Finley, Logan, Cameron, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Lochlan, Reid
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, “Bonnie-Lou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bonnie-lou, updated 20 October 2026.