I've just been called 'Bonnie'

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I've tried google. It says it means cute and gave the example of a bonnie baby.

AIBU to think this isn't a term that should be used for a woman nearing 30?!

This has come up before and lots of people use it to mean fat, so less nastiness towards those who've heard that usage please.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2628469-To-ask-what-bonny-means-when-describing-a-baby

That's that, in this instance I think it was used to mean pretty.

In the nw here, means pretty but well fed and healthy looking

It's quite common where I am in Scotland, a bonnie lass, it just means lovely and is always meant as a compliment.

Bonnie pony class is the only time I've heard it used. For the pretty, well fed, ponies .
I think in people however it would generally be a complement, and especially its clear in that context.

In Scotland means pretty but Ive heard in laws in NW use it to mean a bit chubby. Context is all.

I'm from Yorkshire too and have never heard bonnie used for fat. It always means pretty to me. My lovely grandma always used to call me bonny.

Babies are bonny too, meaning pretty/cute. Chubby babies are 'bouncing' for some reason

NW here, bonny definitely means pretty, lovely and it's a compliment. I don't hear it much from anyone under 60 though.

"I know you're a bonny girl but I was wondering if you're pregnant?"

I was asked at work.

Fat!! I'm not saying it always means fat but I'm not looking round for insults to know it means fat when that's the meaning.

I've always known it to mean pretty. With no regard to someone's weight. So a bonny baby would mean a pretty/gorgeous baby, rather than pretty but chunky baby iyswim.

I've seen a Bonnie Tiler van before, made me chuckle

I'm from Yorkshire, bonny has always meant pretty/lovely.

I think there are probably pockets of community's were it's been turned into a back handed complement,

I read the other thread not so long ago.

I also agree with pp that in Yorkshire people call a spade a spade, so it does jarr when you hear people using what has always been a complement, as a insult, then saying it's a Yorkshire thing.

In the North East it means pretty or lovely. My mum and my grandparents often called me a "bonnie bairn " when I was a child.

"Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing...."
"Maxwelton braes are bonnie where early fa's the dew..."
Unlikely to mean fat I think.

Lived in Yorkshire all my life and it definitely means pretty, not fat.

I used to have a cat called Boni, short for Bonington.

He was lush.

I live in yorkshire.. and I agree with Gaslight to me it means pretty in a plump sort of way.. so Kate Moss would not be bonny !.
So still a compliment.. but more rosy cheeked pretty iyswim

Bonny is only used in a nice way where I'm from (North West). It means a good looker, so can be used from baby to old really.

I've only ever heard it when visiting northern relatives and it means pretty up there

My nan uses it to mean "well fed with a nice face"

I thought i was spelt "bonny"

Bonnie is a name.

Pretty, in a rosy-cheeked sort of way, so healthy looking rather than a waif.

Or, if you are my Scottish relatives, anything you like the look of so 'You've had your hair cut, that's really bonny' etc

A bonny baby would mean a chubby, healthy looking one. Similarly a bonny woman or girl would mean a rosy-cheeked, sturdy person.

I mostly hear it to mean well fed, maybe slightly chubby, but in a pleasant way.

In my part of Scotland, it means pretty, nice or lovely. "That's a bonny top you have on." "A bonny quine" "A bonny baby" "A bonny haircut."

Just means lovely looking or pretty where I am, and used to describe anything that looks nice!