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What do you think of Sunny?

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CassieAndKez · 02/09/2013 09:41

What do you think of Sunny as a boy's name? I love it and we're thinking of using it, but not sure whether to spell it "Sunny" or "Sonny", I like it with a 'U' but hubby thinks it's too feminine and should be spelt with a 'O'; opinions please??? :D

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ParrotsHilton · 07/09/2013 16:09

I know a girl called Sonny. It screwed with my boy-girl-boy-girl seating plan (teacher).

LilBlondePessimist · 07/09/2013 01:59

I think Sonny is a lovely name, although wouldn't use it myself as one of my four sons is Buddy so think they may be a little twee together, but it is nice, and I'm glad you went with 'o'.

AnneEyhtMeyer · 07/09/2013 01:32

Awful awful awful. Give your child a name rather than a nickname. You are naming a person not a dolly.

VerySmallSqueak · 07/09/2013 01:20

I think it's lovely as a boys name and spelt Sunny.

mathanxiety · 07/09/2013 01:17

And 'Sonny' Liston was the youngest of 29 children so if they were running out of names his parents could have used Sonny as a real name. It wouldn't have mattered as apparently his birth wasn't registered properly. But they still went with Charles.

mathanxiety · 07/09/2013 01:15

It is getting more and more popular, sorry to say, ElBombero (many congratulations on your baby and well done for being together enough to get online so soon).

I agree the GFIL name was most likely a nn. Even the boxer Sonny Liston was originally named Charles.

curlew · 06/09/2013 21:23

Cassie- I would put money on your grandfather in law being nicknamed Sonny.

And yes you're right. It shouldn't matter whether you're called John, Dwayne or Cumulus- but it does.

SoupDragon · 06/09/2013 19:07

I would hope that in whatever stage of life my son is in that even if he was called something stupid like Gremlin he wouldn't be bullied or looked down upon because of it. What someone is called is not their choice it was that of their parents

I hope for your son's sake that is true. It wasn't for me, it was hell. It didn't matter that it wasn't my choice.

ElBombero · 06/09/2013 18:20

Cassie couldn't of put it better myself. I had my DS yesterday and we have named him Sonny, the name generally isn't well received on here. I have posted twice asking for opinions.
We like it because it sounds happy and cheerful, evokes feeling of my boy being a cheeky charming chap, a quality that I love in any man.
Just hope it's not getting too popular... X

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CassieAndKez · 06/09/2013 11:36

curlew, I'm pretty sure if you read through this you'll find enough reasons for Sonny to be a name. My grandfather in law was called Sonny, he was a very well known and respect man, oh and he was a doctor.
Names don't define what you're able to achieve and imo you're have to be very small minded to believe it does.
My boss is called Rainbow, she's a very smart and hard working lady. She also loves having a name which is 'out there' and different.
I would hope that in whatever stage of life my son is in that even if he was called something stupid like Gremlin he wouldn't be bullied or looked down upon because of it. What someone is called is not their choice it was that of their parents, if someone uses anothers name again then all is shows is that the person doing it wasn't raised to treat others with respect.

Thankyou everyone else we've decided to go with Sonny rather then Sunny, much to my hubbys delight :)

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curlew · 05/09/2013 16:55

PLEASE will somebody tell me why Sonny is a name?

And please will someone, maybe the same person, explain why it wouldn't be an embarrassing name for an adult man? Why they think there would be no issues at all for a man trying to be authoritative? Imagine being a young manager with a team of middle aged women workers..........

TwoStepsBeyond · 05/09/2013 15:49

With an O for a boy, U for a girl. I like them both.

mathanxiety · 05/09/2013 15:08

I agree with Curlew about Sunny having a hippyish aspect. I think it could be a reasonable girl's name along the lines of Poppy or Summer or Journey, etc. But Sonny is in the same category as Buddy for me - more of a label than a name.

squoosh · 05/09/2013 11:41

90th most popular boys name last year.

curlew · 05/09/2013 11:19

But why?

Why is Sonny a name? Where did it come from? Why does anyone think for a moment that an adult man wants to be called Sonny? That he wants cheeky work experience kids in the office calling him Sonny? Or his middle aged secretary when he's a nervous young solicitor in his first job?

OneStepCloser · 04/09/2013 18:10

Lovely, Sonny for a boy and Sunny for a girl, it was the name we were going to use but sadly wasnt meant to be, still love it though.

ShadowSummer · 04/09/2013 18:02

I just don't think either spelling sounds like a proper name, or even a nickname.

It looks more like a term of endearment than an actual name.

But if you're set on it, I think that Sunny looks very girly. And it's hard to imagine someone calling a girl Sonny in any context, so Sonny would be better for a boy. But still silly.

curlew · 04/09/2013 17:51

How on earth can Sunny be awful and Sonny lovely? Thy both sound exactly the same. There is slightly more justification for Sunny in a hippyish sort of way I suppose.

thegreylady · 03/09/2013 19:23

I know two very nice boys named Sonny and like the name because of that.Sunny isn't a name for a person imho.

MrsDibble · 03/09/2013 12:25

I rather like it - if I met a child called Sonny I wouldn't think it was anything out of the ordinary. I would spell it Sonny also.

NotGoodNotBad · 03/09/2013 12:14

I find it rather proprietorial.

sonlypuppyfat · 03/09/2013 11:57

I'm very sensitive Wink

SoupDragon · 03/09/2013 11:47

I don't care, sonlypuppyfat. It's what I think and I am of the opinion that if you don't want opinions, don't ask for them.

squoosh · 03/09/2013 11:46

'Set upon'? Hmm

One person, singular, took you to task. That's hardly being 'set upon' is it?

Good grief.

sonlypuppyfat · 03/09/2013 11:42

Careful SoupDragon I was set upon when I said it was a stupid name

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