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Sunny, short for...

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Algor1thm · 09/10/2022 19:38

(For a girl)

I like Sunday but not sure I can quite get DH there, he's not quite as brave as me. I've had a search, and not keen on suggestions of Soleil or Marisol as we're British, and it seems a little pretentious to me without European connections. Connections by meaning alone (e.g. saw Aurelia suggested because it means golden) are a bit of a stretch for us... it would need to have related sounds in it.

Any suggestions?

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Algor1thm · 09/10/2022 19:38

And no way DH would agree to Sunny on its own, he likes 'proper' names on BC

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iholdgrudges · 09/10/2022 20:01

Madison, Emerson, Alison

Mymoneydontjigglejiggle · 09/10/2022 20:06

Summer

Luluuuuuuuuuu85 · 09/10/2022 20:19

I knew a Sunny short for Susannah.

wishing3 · 09/10/2022 20:21

Summer
Alison?!
Emmerson

Honeyroar · 09/10/2022 20:26

I had a friend called Sunni. It was short for Suniva.

DotDotDotDotDot · 09/10/2022 20:34

Sunniva - Means “sun gift”

Orphlids · 09/10/2022 20:39

Isolde.

Dreamstosell · 09/10/2022 20:41

Sunita

dollius · 09/10/2022 20:43

Solveig

toastedcat · 09/10/2022 20:45

DotDotDotDotDot · 09/10/2022 20:34

Sunniva - Means “sun gift”

This! It's beautiful. Norwegian.

Kanaloa · 09/10/2022 20:46

Other than something like Sunniva there really aren’t any names that would reasonably give Sunny as a shortening. There’s no point naming your child Madison so that you can call her Sunny day to day - and anyway she’d likely end up as Maddie. It would be better to find a name you and your husband both actually like than to try to find a name he agrees with that can be twisted to have Sunny as a nickname.

Kanaloa · 09/10/2022 20:47

I mean obviously there are out there names like Sunshine/Sundance etc but if your DH thinks Sunny is too out there he likely won’t take to any of those out there names.

frogswimming · 09/10/2022 20:57

I think Sunday is more of a recognisable name than Sunny for a girl.

theydontspeakforus · 09/10/2022 20:58

Sunderella.

theydontspeakforus · 09/10/2022 20:58

(Sunday is actually lovely).

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 09/10/2022 21:42

Sunniva is the obvious one if you like more exotic names - although still very useable imo. Or Susanna if you want more classic - but with that you more likely risk other nn's (Sansa, Suki, Annie, Susie etc) although you could see that as giving her more options?

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 09/10/2022 21:44

And I think Sunny is adorable on a toddler! It would take a certain type of personality to pull off as an adult though, so I'm glad you are giving her a choice.

JessesMum777888 · 09/10/2022 21:46

I love Sunday.

work on your husband ! X

Ihavehadenoughalready · 10/10/2022 00:10

Maybe the spelling Sunni would look more like an official name to your husband?

funder · 10/10/2022 07:10

I agree @JessesMum777888 ... Sunday is lovely. Work on him OP

Scifijulai · 10/10/2022 07:14

There is an (older) lagy where I live called Sunny, her actual name
is Sunflower. Maybe classed as slightly ‘hippy’ nowadays?

Scifijulai · 10/10/2022 07:14

*lady!

Surreality22 · 10/10/2022 07:19

I used to work with someone who had a daughter called Sunshine, Sunny for short. His son also had a slightly different, "positive" sounding name.

MermaidSwimming · 10/10/2022 07:41

I know a sunshine who goes by sunny