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Sonny

60 replies

iloveyoubutilovememore · 21/10/2019 16:52

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RPPs · 21/10/2019 16:58

My nephew is called Sonni and he is the only kid with this name so he's memorable and popular.

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DramaAlpaca · 21/10/2019 17:01

I'm sorry, but I think it's awful.

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SallyCinnamon3009 · 21/10/2019 17:02

Love it

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PoppiesarelethaltoSpellmans · 21/10/2019 17:03

Absolutely not, unless you live in the deep south in 1950.

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Disfordarkchocolate · 21/10/2019 17:04

I love this name. I knew one once and he was a beautiful shining child. Great name.

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OtraCosaMariposa · 21/10/2019 17:05

Awful name. Although if you have a girl, you could use Daughtery.

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PoppiesarelethaltoSpellmans · 21/10/2019 17:20

"I love this name. I knew one once and he was a beautiful shining child. Great name"

I've never got this rationalisation. You'd hate the name if you knew an arsehole with it - you only like the name because of the person it's attached to.

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IckleBear · 21/10/2019 17:21

I like it, but I think better as a middle name.

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RosaRi · 21/10/2019 17:23

I really like it

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RatherBeRiding · 21/10/2019 17:24

Not for me - I know several Sonnys who are horses.

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PlasticPatty · 21/10/2019 17:25

Horrible. Disrespectful term from an older man to a younger.

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Morado · 21/10/2019 17:28

My friend has a boy named Sonny. I didn't like it at first but he suited it soooo much! Love it now ☺️

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RuthW · 21/10/2019 17:34

Awful for a grown man. Cute for an under 5

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EmpressLesbianInChair · 21/10/2019 17:43

It’s always going to be a little boy’s name.

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BertrandRussell · 21/10/2019 17:46

It’s like calling a child “Youngfellermelad”

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Wolfiefan · 21/10/2019 17:47

Sonny Jim.
No. Hate it.

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MissHenty · 21/10/2019 17:48

I think it’s a gorgeous name. Not wacky. Soft but manly. I think I’m biased because I know one who is a gorgeous little boy and really suits his name

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MissHenty · 21/10/2019 17:49

Once you hear it a couple of times you don’t think of the “son” reference. It’s just a name in its own right

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CoolcoolcoolcoolcoolNoDoubt · 21/10/2019 17:52

Yeah I know a Sonny and I love it as a shortened version of his full name.

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anyoldvic · 21/10/2019 17:53

It's a nickname for a small boy, not a take-me-seriously name for a grown-up.

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DisappointingBanana · 21/10/2019 18:58

Awful. A traditional moniker for a young boy used by someone older; it could be affectionate or disparaging. It was never an actual name, though.

And it’d be ridiculous on a middle aged man.

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Raphael34 · 21/10/2019 18:59

I’ve got a sonny. I love it 🥰

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mrspotatohed · 21/10/2019 19:01

I'm having a girl but would've picked Sonny if she was a boy.

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Shadow1234 · 21/10/2019 19:41

Love it.

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Whoops75 · 21/10/2019 19:43

Love it but only with. y at the end

Also love Shay

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