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bonny Name Meaning and History

  1. English and Irish: variant of Bonney or Scottish Bonnie.
  2. Swiss French: variant of Bonnet.

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Distribution of bonny Families in the US in 1920
Number of bonny families
 11-19
 4-10
 1-3
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