Sonny?

[BarbieLovesKen]

What do people think? Im pretty sure theres been threads on this before but am too lazy to go looking. Thanks all

[ElsieR]

I don't hate it but don't love it either.

[BarbieLovesKen]

Thanks Elsie


(thats one vote for yes )

[seeker]

I think you are set on making life difficult for him. It's completely ridiculous - you might as well call him "Young-feller-me-lad".

[SolarPanel]

Too nicknamey for me, sorry.

[jojodancer]

Gorgeous for a little boy

A bit odd for a 28-yr-old lawyer?

[DELHI]

A bit 'casual' somehow - more like a nn and Jojo's right - not great when he's a neurosurgeon or prime minister.

[BarbieLovesKen]

thanks all .

Seeker at "Young-feller-me-lad" - brilliant.

Anyone else?

[AliSheedy]

As a nn for Nelson, it's fine.

[seeker]

It might be fine as a nickname for Nelson - but that's assuming tha Nelson's all right as a name for anything but an Old English Sheepdog!

[paddypoopants]

What are you having as a middle name - may I suggest Jim.
Not for me- it reminds me of Sonny Bono.

[suzikettles]

It's what old men round here call your ds if they don't know his name (or actually come to think about it even if they do know his name.)

Either Sonny or Sonny (Sunny?) Jim.

No. I don't like it.

[upahill]

It's a bit country and western for me.
sorry but it's a no.

[BarbieLovesKen]

Ah still giggling at "young-feller-me-lad" and now Sonny Jim

I still really like it though!!!

[lukewarmmama]

Have you got a matching Cher to go with it?

[upahill]

Bloody 'ell. I've got 'I've got you babe' going round my head now!!

[AliSheedy]

Yes, because an old English sheepdog is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the name Nelson. Not Mr Mandela.

[seeker]

Be honest. If you were in the park in Britain and heard someone calling "Nelson!", how many legs would you expect to come running up?

[serendipity16]

Yes - I know 3 Sonnys.

[pinkytheshrinky]

Absolute and definite no - little boy's name and not a man's name at all - dreadful

[LetThereBeRock]

What Pinky said. It's that bad.

[LemonEmmaP]

I work with a Sunny, and have previously worked with a different Sunny, and know of a little boy (probably about 5 by now) who is a Sonny. It seems perfectly reasonable to me!

[mathanxiety]

It's blue-collar-cool, in a way. Makes me think of large 'bruiser' types though, or boxers, maybe because of Sonny Liston.

I would think of it as a nn rather than an actual name.

[MarioandLuigi]

I know a Sonny (he is 4) and he is a little gem. His Mum is quite trendy and alternative and his Dad is a musician.

I like the name and would have used it myself but it doesnt go with our surname. The only thing that worries me is that people might call him So-nee rather than Sunny

[slowshow]

I think of it as a term of endearment rather than a name - like Darling or Sweetie.

Also don't think it works on a grown man.