Sonny 🙂☀️

[Flowerymama]

Hello 🙂
So ... I have found out I am having a baby boy. I am in love with the name Sonny. My hubby is going along with it but I'm not sure he is sold. I'm beginning to think it's not as nice as I thought and read lots of online things about how it's nice for a child or baby but not an adult 🙈
Please give me your thoughts and if anyone has any alternatives for a boys name ending in the "ee" sound.
Thank you!!

I like it and I generally don't like eee sounding names.

Or what at about Donald, NN duck Donnie ?

Makes me think of the character in the Godfather... not a nice chap

I know a Sonny. I'm not a fan. I like names that you could imagine them as a plumber, a doctor, a high court judge etc. Can't imagine a high court judge named Sonny tbh.

Agree with PP to go with Sonny as a nickname if you love it that much, or with another ee name.

Not a fan but I have negative associations as the mum of my ds classmate Sonny was batpoop crazy, allowed her son to be an utter horror so we were mightily relieved when we left the school and never saw him again. But if you are sane and intend to teach yours not be be an arse to his mates I think you could get away with it.

I love this name xx
I know a couple of Sonny's, a mid teen and man in his 30s. Both pretty cool characters and they really suit their name
Not sure about all the hate!

@Babydust13 thank you for the backing. It’s been one of those days and I thought I would be finishing 6 hours of overtime with a MN backlash!

@EishetChayil

UserBot999
What about Soren nico?
Or Solstice nicholas So+Ni
Make a nn that makes sense

OP, do not call your child Solstice Nicolas.

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Oh, I don’t know.
Solstice Nicholas has a certain je ne sais quais! 🤣🤣🤣

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@Jinglebellsoncake

How is Sonny pronounced? S- on- ee Sunn-ee

Sorry if that's a silly question. I've only ever seen it written down

Phew, I thought I was the only one with no clue if its Sun-ee or Son-ee?

I did think it was a nn for Solomon, because the only time I saw it written was within a Jewish family.

Sonny is a silly name and around these parts, it's er, a bit of a rough name. Sorry.

If you like it, go for it. I think it’s a great name, for what it’s worth.

It always makes me laugh when people say "oh, on MN it's this but in the real world it's different". No it isn't. MN is made up of real people (for the most part 🤣). The difference is you only see people posting who think strongly either way and not the whole host of people who think "meh" and can't be arsed. Exactly like real life.

Apologies for suggesting the even worse Solstice 🤣

Absolutely love Sonny, it was top of my list until I asked about it here!!!!!!! Really can't understand all the hate for it. When DS was born I felt he just wasn't a Sonny but I'm not sure if it was all the hate from here that go in my head. Go for what you love. There are loads of "proper" names that I don't like but I wouldn't slate anyone for suggesting them.

I absolutely love that everyone is shaking their heads sternly at Sonny but an alternative suggestion is SOLSTICE NICHOLAS

@Skeumorph

I absolutely love that everyone is shaking their heads sternly at Sonny but an alternative suggestion is SOLSTICE NICHOLAS

Hit the nail on the head 😂

I thought that it was used as a nickname when a boy had the same name as his dad? Same with Junior? Both now seem to be appearing as given names now but I'm not a fan.

@Skeumorph

I absolutely love that everyone is shaking their heads sternly at Sonny but an alternative suggestion is SOLSTICE NICHOLAS

To be fair though, no one bar the person who suggested it thought it was a good idea - so, less positives than the number of people who like Sonny.

I had a dog called sonny. Sorry.

@ElephantOfRisk

I thought that it was used as a nickname when a boy had the same name as his dad? Same with Junior? Both now seem to be appearing as given names now but I'm not a fan.

There’s a Junior where I work, it’s a bit weird as he must be at least 40! So weird calling someone older and more senior than me, Junior.

I think I prefer Sunny to Sonny OP because it doesn’t have the youth/telling off associations but you do run the risk of producing a goth child…

To be fair, at least you could shorten Solstice to Sol. I prefer Solstice to Sonny, if push comes to shove. Sonny is such a demeaning and insulting non-name. Fine if it grew out of another name or a family nickname but not as a given name that your child has no choice over. Would you call your daughter Daughtery or Girly? You can’t even shorten Sonny.

I think that the use of Sonny and Junior as a nickname when the boy is named the same as his dad really wasn't expected to continue outside the family circle so whilst they'd be called sonny or junior at home, when in school they'd be called James or David or whatever. Being called Junior as an adult is bizarre, sonny a little less so somehow.

I know. FeW Sonnys so in 15 -20 years there will be lots of grown men called Sonny
Why people on here can't understand that name trends very much change and they think alfie , charlie etc won't suit an adullt is beyond me
I would love to know some of their choices as I bet some of them may actually be the odd ones in years to come if not already

@worriedatthemoment I think Sonny is different to Alfie etc as it’s conceptually wrong, not just in terms of the -ie sound. It’s like naming your child Baby. Meeting a 50 year old Baby would be weird even if it suddenly became a really popular name, because it’s conceptually a word for a young person. It’s exactly the same for Sonny for me.

@PattyPan But it won't feel weird will it as there will be lots of them so people will be used to it, I personally don't go around calling random kids Sonny
And also there are older people already called Sonny
I know prob 5-6 sonnys between 4-9 at the moment so it must be well liked by a fair few and will be a popular older persons name on 40 years
Names like paul and gary etc are generally middle age names and not one many would associate with a baby at present but trends change Ll the time and people get used to it as it becomes normal then
Who would of thought names like audrey and arrhur would all come back again