What person do you imagine when you hear Freddie or Sonny?

[Cherryblossomsinspring]

Just that really. Would they be chancers? Or could they be academic? Dunno what impression these names give.

[HeiressesGiltnor]

Cheeky, but sweet little boys. I don't picture an academic boy but nor do I picture a dimwitted one. Just a fairly average little lad.

[Rewy]

I think Freddie would be a cool , academic rich kid and sonny musical, free spirited , and adventurous.

[Hassled]

I like all the Freddies I know. Nice, cheerful, straightforward boys.

Sonny - less keen. It just sounds a bit too diminutive - like calling someone Junior. I'd struggle to respect an adult Sonny.

[Greydog]

oh dear - I thought of gangsters - as in the Corleones. Sorry.

[plummyjam]

Those names make me think of the Godfather - weren't Fredo and Sonny two of the Don Corleone's sons?

[plummyjam]

Ha ha snap!

[Alwayswiththechords]

Nothing immediately comes to mind from either name. Just regular sweet but cheeky boys I guess.

To me children's names always say more about the parents, in this case I would say Freddie - parents with close family and traditional values. Sonny- parents who really like music from certain eras.

[SweetCharityBeginsAtHome]

Corleones for me too I'm afraid.

[BeaufortBelle]

Freddie: Blonde, freckled, public school boy. Sonny - dark, skinny, quite precocious, few boundaries, doesn't achieve full potential sorry.

[KatieScarlettreregged]

The brothers of Michael Corleone

[VulcanWoman]

Freddie Star and Sonny Bono.

[IHaveBrilloHair]

Normal little boys, unimaginative parents who named their child blah, or blah.

[lilyb84]

Weirdly, we called one of our cats Freddie... after initially calling him Sonny and deciding we hated it after 24 hours!

We'd love to use Freddie for a DS but now can't

Freddie to me is a cute, probably little bit mischievous boy, white middle class (or of course Freddie Mercury).

Sonny feels quite American and I can't take it seriously for some reason...

[Muddlewitch]

Freddie Mercury and Sonny that was married to Cher.

I like Freddie though for boys, I imagine a bit cheeky but very lovable. Not sure about Sonny.

[TJTR1]

I know a Freddie and a sonny.

Freddie is educated, musical and a bit shy.
Sonny is 'one of the boys', loves travelling, big on his family and hard working.

[WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant]

This Freddie.
Definitely smart and educated.

We know another Freddie. Cute little 7 year old.

Know2 sonnys too.

Both 11. One looks like a surfer.
Poth polite and friendly.
Both hate spellings!

[EmmaWoodlouse]

Freddie is so popular now that I don't picture one type in particular, but probably middle class (but not excruciatingly posh) and quite friendly.

I can't really imagine someone whose real name is Sonny. To me it's a word that some adults use when they're telling boys off. I know someone who considered calling her baby Buddy and it has the same "can't quite take that name seriously" vibe to me.

[MythicalKings]

Sonny is no name for a grown up, imo. Unless you're American.

[tumbletumble]

I know one Sonny and two Freddies. They're quite naughty!

[MyGastIsFlabbered]

I've got a Freddie so I picture my 5 year old (no help I'm afraid). Sonny makes me think of Sonny Bono.

[Carrie5608]

Freddie makes me think of Frddie Boswell Lol! but then I am old so you can probably ignore me.

[goldenhen]

Freddie - cheeky Essex boy like Danny Dyer. Sonny - long haired middle class child with indie parents who take him to festivals. Can't imagine a grown up Sonny at all.

[SunnyBaudelaire]

Freddie would be a floppy haired north London boy at rather academic school.
Sonny would be the son of a nightclub promoter with long dreads and falling down trousers.