Baby girl name Bonnie?

[Ironpillow]

This is baby number three and our last baby. I really like the name but I am concerned about the formality of it.

Does anybody know of any full names that Bonnie could be a NN for?

Bonnie is more of a dogs name..

That name has been ruined for about 20 years

I’ve met a few Bonnie’s - it’s a fairly well used name, so unless your surname is similar to Blue, I don’t think the porn actress matters.

But I must admit the sound of the name isn’t my cup of tea - it’s too cutely descriptive: “A bonnie wee lass”, it kind of sounds like a general nickname for any young girl to me.

I can’t think of a longer version other than Bronwen - the one I know in RL has the nn “Bronny”, so I don’t see why “Bonnie” couldn’t be used as easily if wanted.

My niece is Bonnie Lee. She's in her thirties and it suits her perfectly 👌
I think it's a beautiful name.

Makes me think of Bonnie Blue 🤮

My first thought was Bonnie from Toy Story. I like it!

This is ridiculous, I haven't heard of Bonnie Blue anywhere except MN where they're obsessed with her

My son who is now very late 20s was going to be called Bonnie..he is so glad he was male.😂
I still love the name.

reminds me of a labrador tbh

She is all over the papers/social media and there is a brand new documentary about her right now!

Honesty I've only heard about her on here 🙂

I don’t think Bonnie needs to have a longer name.

Personally don't like it even without the porn connection, it is rather twee. Connie's ok though. But if you want it as a nickname, Bronwyn is probably the most suitable. Wouldn't think it would work as nn for Beatrice, but that's such a lovely name, maybe just use that and call her 'B'.

Agree, and the suggestion that masses of people are interested in the shenanigans of a very minor blip on the media radar is one I wouldn't take seriously at all.

Plus there are obviously thousands of girls and women with names that later turned out to have their fifteen minutes of fame for various reasons, (and some have many more then fifteen minutes).

Bonnie is a gorgeous name imo.
It stands up well on its own, or it could be a nn for Bernadette, Bridget, Beatrix - any B name, or actually any name at all, as it also means 'lovely', which could be a nn for a lot of girls.

You do really need to be Irish for this one, but I know a lovely Bonnie whose real first name is Bláithnaid. It's lovely because its meaning is 'little flower'. Pronounced, as best I can write it, BLAW-nid. It sounds much nicer when you hear it spoken.

If you're not Irish, I really wouldn't. It's OK on a child, but too twee for a grown woman.

Definitely a no from me- live the name, but Bonnie Blue has ruined it.

Oh just ignore the reference to Bonnie Blue. It’s not going to be an association with a new baby. DD shared a name with a character from a particularly popular erotic book series when she was born. 13 years later, not even a connection has ever been made.

I like it! Bonnie blue will be forgotten about before long

No sorry I think of blue when I hear Bonnie, there was a minor “celeb” who I noticed called her daughter Bonnie, she must have been about 18 months old I think so just before “miss blue” came on the scene and I just thought I bet she wished she hadn’t used that name now.

That was the first name I thought of, even though thats just her 'stage name.'

Bonnie Blue extreme sex worker, not a good idea. People will think your dp named his dd after his favourite pornstar. Yuk!

The name is in the news right now for all the wrong reasons. Not sure I’d want to saddle my baby with the name of a record breaking porn “star” tbh.

Sadly it has (hopefully temporarily) been rendered unusable by the porn link. The whole “I haven’t heard of her” thing there was a massive feature in The Times so it’s hard to miss if you anyt consume MSM.

I know a 5yo Bonnie who is a delight. I love the name, but I do get what you mean about preferring a longer name and having Bonnie as a nn. I like Bronwyn as others have suggested. Ebony goes nicely too but I don’t like it as much.

In terms of Bonnie Blue, I never make the association, but I was out once and heard a child called Bonnie-Blue surname, which I thought was quite unfortunate. This child was older than the 1000 men drama so obviously the parents just liked the name and didn’t expect it to be synonymous with a porn star.

No normal person will think this at all. If this was your first thought that's a very sad commentary on you.

Bonnie is a perfectly nice name, and doesn’t need a longer name. Use it if you like it, Bonnie Blue will be long forgotten, happily, before any child born now is at school.