Which name would you choose?

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We’ve narrowed our list down to three choices (why are boys so hard to name!)

We ideally don’t want a super popular name. We’re aware that none of these names are particularly unusual/uncommon, but they’re all out of the top 50 so figure they’re equally not extremely popular.

Would be interested to get opinions on the names and also an idea of how popular they are in different areas in the UK. I’ve personally only met one Sonny (still a toddler), one Toby (in his 30’s) and no Jonah’s.

I know one Sonny, er, not a nice name.
Jonah- no. Far nicer biblical names
Toby - jug. At a push.

Toby.
Jonah is ok but has an association with bad luck and seems to be blend into the OT names.
Sonny looks like a small child's nickname.

I love Tobias and Tobiah but my OH didn’t like either - his argument was if we’re going to call him Toby, he should just be called Toby.

I love Levi but we’ve already got one in the family. I do also like Isaac but it doesn’t work with our surname unfortunately.

Sunny is great as a shortening for Sunil. I find Toby a bit wet. Are you aware that kids call 'billy no mates' Jonah's?

I’ve come across a few youn g Sonny’s and Tobys ( or Tobias). Jonah, not come across.

Love Isaac (and Zachery) .

Toby is alright

Sonny isn't

Jonah ok

Toby is a great name IMO

Sonny is too 'try hard to be cool and crazy' and also feels like a child's name, not an adult's.

Jonah - I just associate with the kid on their own 😥

Not the biggest fan of Sunil - thank you for the suggestion though!

Nope - never heard that re Jonah’s being Billy no mates. I have heard the bad luck connotations, but we’re not particularly superstitious people. Also we live in a seaside town and I have never come across the Jonah and bad luck link until we’ve considered it as a name, so it’s clearly not that widely thought of.

I know a 4 year old Jonah and he is the sweetest little boy. The other two names remind me of dogs.

Jonah the jinx and Billy no mates. On your Jonah means alone here

I love Sonny.

Yeah for me Jonah sounds like the only full name. Toby is obviously a nickname for Tobias and Sonny - I feel the same as you PP. I just wouldn’t name any of mine a nickname personally. They have nicknames though!

Toby has been a standalone name for centuries

2 Toby’s. 1 Jonah. 1 Sonny. Midlands

id pick Sonny,

I don’t like any of them but Jonah is the best of the three unless you are naming a poodle and then it would be Toby .

I still wouldn’t pick it as it’s a well known nickname for many Tobiases. My SIL has a Theo (just Theo on his birth certificate- so another standalone name) and he’s constantly called Theodore.

I like both Jonah and Toby, with a slight preference for Jonah. I don’t like Sonny at all.

The only one I like is Toby, but it is v popular round here (south east) - I know 4 of them. There is a Sonny a couple of years above my daughter at school, and I don’t know anyone called Jonah.

I agree. It's like the child doesn't have an identity. You may as well call the child "boy".

I think Jonah is a nice name. He had a bit of bad luck in the Bible, but I'm sure that won't matter!

Me too. It’s a cute name for son and it sounds warm and cheerful.

I think Toby is the only usable one.
Jonah means a jinx, bad luck. It’s a word in the dictionary.
Sonny is just a bit silly. It’s like you can’t be bothered to think of a proper name.

What about when he's an adult?

Men can be warm and cheerful.

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head why I wouldn’t go for a nickname sounding name as the actual name - although we love a nickname here. My SIL avoided just Teddy on the birth certificate, as gorgeous as it is, as she wondered if my nephew would hate it on his CV one day.