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Sonny

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cantsleepwontsleepever · 30/07/2011 01:43

DH wants Sonny for DS who is due soon. I like it but I'm not sure about it

Would you raise an eyebrow/snigger at a boy called Sonny?

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BalloonSlayer · 02/08/2011 15:04

Sonny Corleone was not short for Santino. His name was Santino but he was nicknamed Sonny because he adored his Dad and followed him everywhere.

He had a great big cock.

lisianthus · 02/08/2011 14:58

Not keen. To me it's like calling him "lad" or "young man" or even "junior", rather than giving him a name of his own. Sorry.

noddyholder · 31/07/2011 17:35

There are a few that I know and I like it. It is quite common here though not sure about elsewhere. What is it with MN and branding names chavvy? Now Dolce and Gabbanna thats chavvy and there were twins at ds playgroup called that!They are 17 yrs old now wonder how it is for them now

sparkle12mar08 · 31/07/2011 17:33

Awful, absolutely awful, and resolutely 'chav' (for want of a better word) in my area.

TidyDancer · 31/07/2011 16:45

Sunny is the name Flea from Chili Peppers used for his daughter. I think it's lovely on a girl, I'm not at all keen on it for a boy.

I would've loved to name DD Sunny, but I wanted her to have DP's surname and the names don't go.

winkle2 · 31/07/2011 00:11

Sunny is my 21 year old brothers name and have never heard of any of these comments said to him! It's quite a popular Indian name short for sunil.

BibiBelle · 30/07/2011 22:48

Love it Smile also a fan of Saul

sittinginthesun · 30/07/2011 22:15

Didn't Sophie Ellis bexter call her son Sonny? Cool name.

PIMSoclock · 30/07/2011 22:13

Sonny bean was a famous scots man
Unfortunately he was famous for being the head of a family of cannibals!!!

OnEdge · 30/07/2011 22:13

Its totally gorgeous !! My mate has a lovely son called Sonny who she dresses in yellow poor bugger (only 2 ) We reckon he will rebel when he is a teen and become a Goth !

birdofthenorth · 30/07/2011 22:11

PS just don't make his middle name James... Sonny Jim!

birdofthenorth · 30/07/2011 21:04

Great name!

muminthemiddle · 30/07/2011 14:06

I don't like it but if you do then use it. if you want a name that most people like then go with Jack or Oliver.

Tuppenyrice · 30/07/2011 12:58

It's lovely Smile

serendipity16 · 30/07/2011 12:45

I have a 6yr old Sonny & i love the name.
He's named after a very close friend of mine & he's also his godfather too.
Moved to where i live now & found another little boy called Sonny lived here too.
Not heard many kids with it & it really suits the older sonny & my own sonny very well.
Go for it.
There will always be names people really dislike or will find fault with but others will love it.
It'd be a boring world if we all loved the same name.

pjani · 30/07/2011 12:13

I like it. It's chilled out.

EllenJaneisnotmyname · 30/07/2011 12:08

Does sound like a marmite name, it's certainly polarised opinion. Depends if you are happy with that sort of response, but as you've asked for an opinion on here, I expect you would prefer people to be honest about it.

nevergoogle · 30/07/2011 12:07

I call all little girls missy and the boys, boyo.
Sonny is a lovely, happy, name.
It has soft sounds that I like in boys names.
I wouldn't raise an eyebrow or snigger at all.

thisisyesterday · 30/07/2011 11:43

I really like it! I know a little Sonny and he is fabulous.

don't let narrow-minded adults put you off a great name. their prejudices are their own problem

seeker · 30/07/2011 11:40

And Missy for a girl?

Deesus · 30/07/2011 10:32

Ooooh I love this name! Am considering it for the bump. But would put Santino on the birth certificate (in The Godfather James Caan's character is called Sonny but it's short for santino). DH may yet 'vito' me though Wink

ensure · 30/07/2011 10:29

I like it, but it sounds perfectly normal to me as I have a Sonny in the family and a friend with a DS Sonny too. So I don't think of it as a nicknamey name at all!

EllenJaneisnotmyname · 30/07/2011 10:15

It just sounds like a really patronising nickname the older generation use for 'orrible little oiks. "You can't leave that 'ere, sonny!"

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gomez · 30/07/2011 10:15

'cause we liked it Seeker.

DH and I both had relatives who were known as Sonny, although called Nelson and George,
so just didn't seem strange to us.

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