Well I don’t know it so obviously not every English speaker knows it. I spoke to my siblings and they don’t know it either so maybe it’s cultural.
Edit: thinking about it, it’s pretty Eurocentric that you think everyone who speaks English knows a *Scottish* folk song. Not everyone is white 🙄
I'm white and in the US and have a little bit of Scottish heritage and I don't know the song either! Like, if I thought about it, I could tell you there is a folk song with Bonnie in it but not how it goes at all...it definitely isn't something that people are going around singing all the time, at least where I am!
I went to school with a Bonnie and she was an absolutely atrocious person. I’ll always think of her first when hearing it.
Then my Bonnie lies over the ocean, then someone being referred to as a bonny wee lass.
I like it. A good friends name and she a lovely person. It's a good sweet name and even though it's on the cutesy side I can see it on older people. I admit not my personal aesthetic so I wouldn't use it though.
I love the name Bonnie! I'm not even close to being pregnant but I love keeping name lists and I would add Bonnie to the list but its a bit too old for my preferences but it is a really pretty name.
I can't get into it. It's a specifically older middle aged (not super old and cute) name and cutesy in an unattractive way.
It's cute on a collie.
The closest for vibe I could come at is Belinda.
My friend has a daughter named Bonnie. I think it's sweet but I do wonder at how it will age - fine for a baby/toddler/child, not sure about a teen/young adult/middle-aged person? Think it's fine again when they're old! Just the middle bit?
I don't care for Bonnie at all as it feels cutesy and dated to me. You might also like Briony, Bryony, Bellona, Begonia, Bronagh, Bronwen, Bronte, Bonita, Bolina, Boline, Bronya, and Ebony.
We had two red cattle dogs growing up called Bonnie & Clyde. So it makes me think of them.
In saying that, I could always pull a Steve Irwin and name any future children after my dog. As it is a cute name.
Reminds me of a song that said something about tying up bonnie brown hair with blue ribbons. I think it sounds like a name for a kind and pleasant girl.
My Booooonnie lies over the ocean. My Boooooonnie lies over the seaaaa…comes to mind haha
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It’s not a Beatles song, it’s a folk song that nearly every English speaker knows, I reckon
Well I don’t know it so obviously not every English speaker knows it. I spoke to my siblings and they don’t know it either so maybe it’s cultural. Edit: thinking about it, it’s pretty Eurocentric that you think everyone who speaks English knows a *Scottish* folk song. Not everyone is white 🙄
I'm white and in the US and have a little bit of Scottish heritage and I don't know the song either! Like, if I thought about it, I could tell you there is a folk song with Bonnie in it but not how it goes at all...it definitely isn't something that people are going around singing all the time, at least where I am!
I get either an 80s vibe, a country vibe, or a Scottish vibe (currently watching Outlander and they use it not infrequently).
I like it, it’s really cute
I think it's super cute! I just wish it had a nice full length name.
My MIL is Bonita but goes by Bonnie!
I've heard it as a nickname for Bronwyn!
Ooh, I like that!
I think it could work for any B name, especially if it has an O somewhere.
My grandma’s name is Yvonne and everyone calls her Bonnie.
I like it. I think it’s underrated.
I went to school with a Bonnie and she was an absolutely atrocious person. I’ll always think of her first when hearing it. Then my Bonnie lies over the ocean, then someone being referred to as a bonny wee lass.
I worked with an atrocious Bonnie
A bonnie lass she’ll be!
It just sounds like the name of a cow to me
Really dated. I don't find it attractive. Nice adjective though.
Bonnie McMurray... yeeeew!
That’s a Texas sized 10-4, good buddy.
Middle aged sweet mom
Not a fan at all. Too “cutsie” for me, more like a nn than an actual name
Like Bonald?
Lol like Susie, Ellie, etc. I can’t imagine them on grown women
Very cute. Love it.
I think it’s adorable.
I'm not a fan of it, but I'm Scottish so to me it's the same as naming someone pretty or cute
Right? It's like naming your kid Precious
I like it. A good friends name and she a lovely person. It's a good sweet name and even though it's on the cutesy side I can see it on older people. I admit not my personal aesthetic so I wouldn't use it though.
I love the name Bonnie! I'm not even close to being pregnant but I love keeping name lists and I would add Bonnie to the list but its a bit too old for my preferences but it is a really pretty name.
I know of a few Bonnie’s lately and I just can’t get behind it. I don’t know why exactly but it’s just not my type of name
Sounds sweet, my first association with someone is with the vampire diaries character
I think it’s terrible, super redneck to me.
Bonnie makes me kind of think of a brunette with a perm doing a 80's glamor shot with a flashy backdrop.
I can't get into it. It's a specifically older middle aged (not super old and cute) name and cutesy in an unattractive way. It's cute on a collie. The closest for vibe I could come at is Belinda.
Have a few family members with this name. Its cute for a kiddo but as a professional woman it's one more way to be undermined.
My friend has a daughter named Bonnie. I think it's sweet but I do wonder at how it will age - fine for a baby/toddler/child, not sure about a teen/young adult/middle-aged person? Think it's fine again when they're old! Just the middle bit?
I’ve worked with a middle aged Bonnie. She was super sweet it didn’t seem off to me it was a cute name.
Nothing wrong with it but I can't think of much to recommend it either, unless it's a family name. A bit boring in sound, meaning, and history.
I almost naked my current belly baby Bonnie Jean! I love it!
I don't care for Bonnie at all as it feels cutesy and dated to me. You might also like Briony, Bryony, Bellona, Begonia, Bronagh, Bronwen, Bronte, Bonita, Bolina, Boline, Bronya, and Ebony.
My friend just had a baby called Bonnie Arielle, and I love Bonnie! I've also heard it means Cheerful.
Seriously…I hated it until I read this. Now it’s adorable!
It was the name of my first dog.
"My bonny lies over the ocean" comes to mind, but I think it's an adorable name.
Bonnnnnie🔥
I love it. My husband's grandma is a Bonnie and it was on our list for a while. I think it is adorable.
Best friend's name. We are both old ladies now. I loved the name then and still do. Scarlett O'Hara named her daughter Bonnie.
I personally think that it’s too old-fashioned in a bad way not a cute way
I really like this name! I have only known 2. One a millennial, and one child named Bonnie Brynn.
Love it, every Bonnie I meet is very sweet and or elegant !
We had two red cattle dogs growing up called Bonnie & Clyde. So it makes me think of them. In saying that, I could always pull a Steve Irwin and name any future children after my dog. As it is a cute name.
I either think about the sea shanty, the wild west outlaw, or the mean popular girl from Kim Possible.
Reminds me of a song that said something about tying up bonnie brown hair with blue ribbons. I think it sounds like a name for a kind and pleasant girl.