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Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
1) American affectionate nickname deriving from Scottish bonnie = 'fine, attractive, pretty' deriving from French bon, Latin bonus = 'good' (see also Bona), later used in the sense of 'darling' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
2) Pet form of Bonita [1]
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Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[6] |
|
1186 |
1493 |
1169 |
1451 |
17 |
42 |
Denmark[7] |
|
488 |
n.a. |
483 |
n.a. |
5 |
n.a. |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
38 |
n.a. |
38 |
0 |
0 |
Iceland[9] |
|
1 |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[10] |
|
n.a. |
n.a. |
41 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[11] |
|
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [6][7][10][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/