Sonny for a boy?

[Namemyson]

Help me.name my son, something he won't be picked on for. Please rate fr olm 1 best to 6 worst:
Sonny
Reid
Albie
Heath
Noah
Nash

Noah is ok and Albie would be good if used as a shortened version of Albert. I know a couple of Sonnys. One that started using his middle name before he went to university as felt that his name wasn't taken seriously enough and the other who was constantly called Sonny Jim. It seemed to stick and people just sort of call him Jim now . I agree with the posters that say it is a bit of a derogatory name, more of a universal nickname. I hear it almost constantly being shouted at my children's football matches/training sessions.

Sonny - Love Love Love
Albie
Reid- nice name haven't heard it before
Noah- nice but commonly used
Nash- no
Heath- definitely not it makes me think of Thornton Heath

I really like sonny, albie and heath is nice too.
Noah is nice but know loads so that would put me off.
Sonny is also quite popular in my neck of the woods too (north west) x

I agree re Sonny, it's not really a name but a diminutive nickname. I think the same about Junior - it's not saying "This is a person and this is his own name" but rather "This is the child of his parents and his name will always reflect their superiority to him".

It would be like calling your DD 'Lassie' (granted, that would also have dog connections now), 'Gal' (With Gal Gadot, I presume it's a traditional Hebrew name and not just a lazy corruption of 'girl') or even just 'Daughtery'! We used to know somebody who had a relative whose actual given name was 'Baby' - appropriate (if highly unoriginal) when she was born, but can you imagine being a grown woman called Baby? Might as well have called her Sweetheart or Mummy's-Little-Snuggly-Wuggly.

Nash, Heath and Reid just sound like surnames to me.

Noah is nice enough, but sooo over-used now.

Of your choices, I'd go for Albert officially and then use Albie as his everyday short-form name. When he's older, he can keep Albie or switch to Al, Bert or Bertie for everyday use, or just use Albert in full. Old man/lady names are well and truly back in now, so it probably won't sound in any way odd in 2040 to have a 20yo Bert.

LOVE
Sonny
Albie
Noah

All excellent names - favourite Noah or Sonny but Albie lovely too

HATE
Heath
Nash
Reid

1. Sonny (favourite) - love
2. Noah - also love, but very popular
3. Heath - quite like
4. Reid - okay
5. Nash - not my taste
6. Albie (least favourite) - strongly dislike, way too cutesy and more of a nickname than a full name

Sonny - 5
Reid - 4
Albie - 2 (but as a nn for Albert)
Heath - 3
Noah - 1
Nash - 6

I really don’t like Sonny or Nash, sorry!

Love Sonny!

I only like Noah.

Are you pronouncing it Sunny or Sonny?

Sonny
Sonny
Sonny
Sonny
Sonny

I have a sonny and it truly is my most favourite name in the entire world! I love it, I have never regretted it. Is it a bit sad that I almost feel like it’s the best decision I ever made?! I really struggling with my third child (second boy) because I simply did not love any other name quite like I loved sonny! I still don’t 😞 I wish they could have both been called it 🤣

@daisypond I’m normally very relaxed about believing everyone to be entitled to their own opinion but my god, what a bizarre response 🤣 I hope I haven’t damaged my son for life with demeaning name!!!

Op - I was so into the name that I didn’t even read the others.....I actually really like Reid!!!! Great name! What about gray? I liked gray but dp wouldn’t have it!

I named sonny after sonny from the godfather 🧐 not sure if that’s a good role model but there we have it, I like that it’s not a name you hear every day but it’s equally not a strange name (I will say though, I’m surprised how many people read his name as s-on-ee rather that sun-ee!

It’s an extremely common name within the travelling community, as is my daughters name, although I did not know this when I named them (nor would I have changed my mind, I am not anti traveller) just thought I’d share the knowledge! My little Madame looks like a littl gypsy girl to boot!

Sonny - 1
Reid - 5
Albie - 2
Heath -4
Noah -3
Nash - 6 (Absolutely do not call your child this, please!)

Sonny is truly dreadful---please don't choose this kind of name. Fairly or not, people will make assumptions about him and his parents. Albie is not actually dreadful but it is as twee as anything and will sound like a dated trend in a few years.

Heath, Reid and Noah are all absolutely fine.

Nash sounds like "gnash" and is not very nice.

My favourites are Sonny & Albie. I know a little Sonny and he is adorable and full of character so have nothing but happy vibes when I hear that name.

I quite like Heath, surprisingly as it's not my usual sort of name, makes me think of Heath Ledger (although he was really Heathcliffe) and nature. That's no 1.

1. Noah, quite a normal name at the moment although I'm not that keen.

1. Albie is at least a proper name, though it is a bit 'Victorian urchin' in the same way as Alfie. Cutesy.

1. Sonny. A nickname 'sonny boy', 'sonny Jim'. It has a nice sound but not a real name. Just no

1. Reid just a surname and one with multiple spellings Reid/Read/Reed. It will just cause confusion and doesn't even sound nice

1. Nash - what on earth? Surname and gnash your teeth. Just no why would you?

So basically Heath or if you must Noah or Albie.

Really surprised by how many negative responses you've had to so many of these very normal names!
I know two boys called Sonny and think it's lovely friendly name. Albie is also lovely, if a little bit cutesy on it's own. Loads of boys have names like that now though.
Nash and Reid are awful.
Heath is quite cool and Noah is a bit too common but a nice name.
I would probably choose Albie from that list, followed by Sonny and Heath.

Nash sounds like Gash

(As in 'Vag' 🤣)

I only like Sonny. Noah is way too common nowadays and the others sound made up. Albie is ok if it’s nickname for Albert.

Oh Heath is ok if it’s Heathcliff, I wouldn’t just use Heath.

Albie is my cat!!!

I don't see how Sonny can "suit any age". It is a term associated with being used with people younger than you and can be used to patronise or demean them or people more junior to you or who you want to make feel are younger or more junior than you.
I've seen a lot of names on here where people have said "can you see a judge with that name", a comment which I usually think is irrelevant but is appropriate here. I would struggle with my tone if I work managing someone called "Sonny" as I'd be constantly checking myself and I would also struggle to be managed by someone called that whatever type of work it was. There is a child at the DC's school called "Sonny" who ended up being in my group on a school trip and I felt quite awkward using his name in public in case others thought that I was being patronising or couldn't be bothered to learn his name when I was using the names of the others.
Can't you call your DC one of the other names and use "Sonny" as a nickname when he is little or, within the family, forever. Or, if you are pronouncing it in exactly the same was as you would Sunny" (which the one at the DC's school is), just call them that.