Nickname for a girl named Sunday

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Hi all,

I’m pregnant with my second daughter, due in a few weeks weeks and we’ve decided to name her Sunday. I’d love some nickname ideas that aren’t “Sunny”.

Middle name will be Victoria just as an FYI.

Thanks all!

Sunshine ☀️

Deedee ?

Sunday is ok, it’s a nice name in my opinion but your child might get bullied for it. As much as I hate to say it but school children can be cruel OP. She will be called Sunny for sure and that reminds me a of Chinese nickname sorry.

Yes it sounds the same but if you spell it 'Sonny' it's very masculine - a traditional nickname for a boy - whereas 'Sunny' is pertaining to lots of sunshine.
Francis and Frances sound the same too, but one is male, one female.

Got you.

I do listen to radio 4 but not on a Sunday,

OP

Something to think about with 'Sunny' is that it was the nickname of Princess Alix of Hess and by Rhine who became the last Tsarina as Alexandra Feodorovna.

Why do you need a nickname or shortened version? It is mostly longer names that get shortened to one or two syllables, often ending in a y sound. Eg Daniel to Dan or Danny, Jennifer to Jen or Jenny, Thomas to Tom or Tommy.
Sunday is already two syllables and ends in a y sound.

Pudding?

(Sundae) .. please don’t do this to the poor child!

Strawberry?

Lol better than mine!

Op name your child whatever you like. It's just worth being mindful all the comments on here will probably come in real life so prepare your daughter so she has answers.

Another name for the sun is Sol so how about Sollyv
Spell it Sundae and call her dessert or Desi.

Sun is a nice shortening

Even though it's a homophone for a very common nickname/term of affection for a boy?

Do you think a female friend called Giselle would be chuffed to be referred to by everybody as 'Geezer'?!

Might as well give her a pretty hybrid name like 'Belle-Okra', known to everybody as 'Bloke' for short!

How about Sisi for a nn

Also I don’t think OP asked for opinions on her name choice. Most of you were just being rude.

@Saffy118 , the comments are indicative of how the name will be thought of in real life. Sisi is awful.

I like the name Sunday.
I imagine those giving patronising, negative comments have children called Otto and Cecilia!

I know you didn’t ask for opinions on the name, but I like Sunday. You have no way of predicting what name your daughter would want to be called either way - lots of people don’t like the Mumsnet approved names and not every baby can be called Florence and George.

Sunny is fairly unavoidable as a nickname. It’s such a bright, fun word to say, and so intuitive as a nickname that if you have nicknamers in your family, Sunny would be hard to avoid. Sisi could work, but less natural. Daisy (from -day) also less intuitive but could work too. But neither is better than Sunny to me, and when she grows up, Sunny is the most obvious choice for her and her friends.

Hi Kirsten

the comments are opinion not fact and opinion of course changes from person to person. This lady did not ask for anyone’s opinion on her name choice and in that context it was rude to provide such opinions.

I always tell my children to let their thoughts pass through three gates before they speak out :-

is it true? Well no it isn’t it’s just your opinion and not a fact
is it necessary? Well no, she hadn’t asked for it
is it kind? It was the opposite of kind on every level

Equally I didn’t ask for nor care about your opinion on the nn Sisi I was providing the OP with what she asked for, nn suggestions

OP my opinion on you receiving these negative comments in real life are that you won’t, in real life people are generally kind and whilst some might raise a slight eyebrow if it isn’t something they might chose they certainly wouldn’t comment on your name choice. Kids these days have all manner of names and don’t comment or bully based on each others names anymore.

You won't receive many negative comments IRL but people will think it but say 'Oh what a beautiful/lovely/unusual/interesting name'

Kids are kids and will bully others about something like an unusual name if they can get away with it.

Nicole Kidman has a daughter called Sunday.

She's going to be called 'sunny' so if you don't like it pick another name

My name has an obvious nn my dad hates. My entire childhood he upset me by shouting at my friends, telling people off when they rang etc. I go by the NN exclusively now and he sees it as a huge insult. Daft old man.

Wow.Sun is also a hugely common eastern name. Do you think the same of that?
Don't be ridiculous, many words have multiple meanings.
Finally, if I introduce my obviously female child as sun, her name's sun. If I introduce my son, usually other name, as my son .... He's my son.

I don't know about the Eastern countries/cultures that use Sun as a girl's name - my only point of reference is what's common in the UK.

The same as I wouldn't expect British people to call their son Andrea or Nicola, even though those are very normal Italian male names.

Yes, YOU would say "My son", but a lot of people - especially men from older generations - will call any lad/man who is younger than them 'son'.

I would think Nicola, after Nicola Tesla would be reasonably common. Similarly Andrea after Andrea Bocelli.
People are fairly nuanced these days!