Sonny for a boy?

[Keepontrudging]

I love, but many do not...

[nooka]

I often call my ds Sonny Boy, but only in private now (he is 15) personally I think it would be a slightly embarrassing name for school, work etc. Plus I think that there are advantages in having a name with formal and informal forms, for example I have a 'family' name and a 'rest of my life' name, and my dd uses her formal name for school and the short form for friends/family. I can't see that a 'Sonny' gets much choice, so just for that I'd discount it.

Plus you can use it as a nickname for a boy regardless, so it's a bit of a wasted naming opportunity I think.

[hazeyjane]

All Sonny's all grown men....

Sonny Ates, retired American racecar driver
Sonny Bishop, American college and professional football player
Sonny Chiba, Japanese martial artist and actor
Sonny Gray, Major League Baseball pitcher
Sonny Hertzberg, American NBA basketball point guard, original NY Knickerbocker
Sonny Hutchins, stock car driver
Sonny Jurgensen, famed American football quarterback
Sonny Liston, heavyweight world champion boxer
Sonny Siebert, former Major League Baseball pitcher
Sonny Silooy, Dutch football (soccer) player
Sonny Anderson, Brazilian Football player who played for Barcelona and Lyon
Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand former professional rugby league and rugby union player
Sonny Berman, American trumpeter
Sonny Burke, American big band leader
Sonny Clark, American pianist
Sonny Cohn, American trumpeter
Sonny Criss, American saxophonist
Sonny Dallas, American bassist
Sonny Fortune, American saxophonist and flautist
Sonny Greenwich, Canadian guitarist
Sonny Greer, American drummer
Sonny Payne, American drummer
Sonny Red, American alto saxophonist
Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist
Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist
Sonny Simmons, American saxophonist and English horn player
Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist
Albert "Sonny" Cunha, Hawaiian composer
Sonny Black, English singer/songwriter
Sonny Bono, American record producer and singer
Sonny Boy Williamson I, blues harmonica player
Sonny Boy Williamson II, blues singer and harmonica player
Sonny Chillingworth, slack-key guitar player from Hawaii
Sonny Emory, freelance touring and studio drummer
Sonny James, American country music singer
Sonny Kay, founder of the record label Gold Standard Laboratories
Sonny King (singer), American lounge singer
Sonny Landreth, American blues guitar player
Sonny Moore, better known as Skrillex, American songwriter and electronic music producer
Sonny Sandoval, lead singer of rock band P.O.D.
Sonny Terry, US-American blues musician
Sonni Ali, the first great king of the Songhai Empire
Sonny Barger, founding member of the original Oakland, California, USA chapter of Hells Angels
Sonny Flood, English actor who plays Josh Ashworth on Hollyoaks

[Deerhound]

I don't really like it, too childish, although no worse than Archie imo

[insancerre]

Its a name that travellers seem to quite fond of

[thegreylady]

There is also a 7 year old Ptolemy in the same circle.

[thegreylady]

I know two boys called Sonny, both are lovely one 8 and one 10 so it isn't too unusual. It's not one I'd choose but I don't hate it.

[Persipan]

A fair few little Ptolemies?

[Alisvolatpropiis]

It's no more unsuitable for a grown man than Ptolemy is and there's a fair few little ones running around.

[Keepontrudging]

Hmm... I am undecided now, maybe it is a bit unsuitable for a grown man...

[SunnaClausIsComingToTown]

No name for a grown man. Just daft.

[emeline]

I think it's an absurd name. I'd be terribly disapointed if, out of all the names in the world, I got given that one. What a short changer.

[Sophronia]

It's not my usual style, but I actually quite like it!

[lolalotta]

Thank you Keep, we had a Yorkshire terrier dog called Sunny...

[Keepontrudging]

Haha Mrs De! Pronounced Sunny...

[sebsmummy1]

I have no problem with it either.

[AlpacaYourThings]

I quite like it.

[lolalotta]

Sooooo, is it pronounced sonny or sunny?

[Alisvolatpropiis]

It's not a name I would use myself but I don't dislike it either, if you see what I mean?

I know a rugby player called Sonny, has worked for him!

[TheNewStatesman]

Christ almighty! Please, just... no.

[Starlightbright1]

I call my DS sonny boy but as a nickname I would be a bit if someone else called it him

[Bluestocking]

I think it's dreadful. However, you might well think the same about my DS's name (which is not Harry, James, Oscar, Finlay or William). Why worry about what strangers on the internet think?

[AskMeAnother]

no.
but