Sunny or Lindy

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That's all really. Middle name will probably be Maria..not that it matters much. Surname is 1 syllable.

I like Lindy - know it from Lindy Layton which I think was NN for Belinda

How about Rosalind or Emmeline nn Lindy?

I think Lindy is nice

What about Carolyn with Lindy as a nn? I know someone who had that.

I personally don’t like Linda.

I'd choose Lindy

Linnet?

I prefer Lindy. I knew a lovely Lindy whose real name was Lucinda.

Went to school with a girl called Lindy (am 33). It was short for Rosalind.

Rosalind, Evelyn, or Lynette with nn Lindy? Or what about Lindsey?

Lindy on it's own feels a bit "incomplete" to me.

I prefer Lindy, and have come across it short for Belinda.

You could consider Sunniva with the short form Sunny?

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunniva

Rosalind is lovely.

My first thought @Elouera was Lindy chamberlain.

Sunny definitely feels more like a boy. I know a few Sunny’s (not in the UK) I have a friend with a DD called Summer.

Linda is definitely associated as an older name but if you like it go for it. I called one of my DDs by a very old fashioned name (think along the lines of Ethel, Edna or Agatha) I didn’t care what others said and told a few to fuck off when they commented. I’ve had no regrets, it suits her.

I love the name sunnie for a girl spelled ie I know a girl with this name and I think it is lovely 🙂

Lindy is lovely, go with that.
Sunny is also great but I’d assume a boy.

My friend worked with a Filipino couple called Sunny and Happy! Makes me smile!

I never say neither - but neither.

Linda a bit downbeat 60s. I like Lyndal? Otherwise Melinda, Belinda, Rosalind, Rosalin, Roslyn, Aislinn, Linos...

Sunny just sounds like the boys name Sonny, which also sounds like a nn. I’d pick anything beginning with s like Serena or Susannah and just call her Sunny as nn

@Kittybelle123

I prefer Lindy. I knew a lovely Lindy whose real name was Lucinda.

I think Lucinda nn Lindy is rather brilliant

Lindy & Sunny remind me of the Archers where the character named Lynda is known as Lyndy by her husband and played by an actress called Sunny…

Lindy is lovely as a nickname for Linda or other longer name.

Lots of great suggestions already - Rosalind, Belinda, Lucinda etc.

Sunny sounds like an Irish boys name and Lindy sounds like Lindy Hop. Linda is actually a nice name, just a bit 1960's but you could start a new trend!

@LizziesTwin

Lindy & Sunny remind me of the Archers where the character named Lynda is known as Lyndy by her husband and played by an actress called Sunny…

You mean Lynda and she is played by Carole Boyd. Sunny Ormonde plays Lillian Bellamy.

I also prefer Sunny as a nn for Susannah (or cool Scandi Sunniva if you are braver!) and Lindy as a nn for Rosalind or Lucinda.

But I'd pick Lindy of the two - yes it sounds like a nn and may get mistaken for dated Lindsey, but there are loads of young boys named Sonny now (hovers in and out the top 100) that I think your DD might get annoyed by the confusion if there's a boy Sonny in her peer group.

I like Sunny and Lindy.
Not Linda though.

I like them both!

Isn’t Sunny one of the (female) children in Series of Unfortunate Events? It doesn’t matter that it “sounds like a boys name” when there are plenty of unisex names and diminutives around.

I always wanted to be called Lindy (short for Rosalind) when I was a child (40 years ago!) so still have a fondness.

I know a Lindy (short for Lynette) and I think it's really nice.

Im another who would assume Sunny was a boy.

I think Lindy is nice, though agree it sounds nickname and might be better as Lucinda, Lindsay, Linnea, Linnet(te), or similar for a full name for more options when older.