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Bonna
How to Pronounce Bonna
Pronounced BAHN-uh /ˈbɑː.nə/Medium
Meaning: Bonna most likely comes from Latin bona, 'good', the feminine of bonus; it also echoes the Scots and English bonnie, 'pretty, fine', so the name reads as 'good' or 'pretty', a warm early-century coinage in the Bonnie–Bona family.Low
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History & Origin
Bonna most likely rests on Latin bona, 'good', with a clear echo of the Scots bonnie, 'pretty' or 'fine'. It is a warm, plain early-century name in the same family as Bonnie and Bona.
It sits with Donna and Bonnie among the bright short girl's names of the early twentieth century; a Bonna today is likely a grandmother, and the spelling stays a rare byway of the more familiar Bonnie.
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What does the name Bonna mean?
Bonna most likely comes from Latin 'bona', 'good', with an echo of the Scots 'bonnie', 'pretty'.
How do you pronounce Bonna?
It's said BAHN-uh /ˈbɑː.nə/ — two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Bonna a boy or girl name?
Bonna is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Bonna?
Bonna has always been rare, an early-twentieth-century name that is very uncommon today.