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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Ha ha snap!

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.

Corleones for me too I'm afraid.

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

The brothers of Michael Corleone

Freddie Star and Sonny Bono.

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

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...

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.