Sunny?

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Greetings all, someone who I know indirectly named their newborn daughter Sunny. To me it sounds so stupid as the child will have the name for life. It’s also a potential downer, ‘I’m Sunny’- oh no you’re not. What do we all think?
I know Sonny for males is different and a lot nicer.

I strongly dislike both.

It's not to my taste (nor is Sonny)

As well as not liking it, I think it's got quite a lot of potential for jokes, then would wear thin

I wouldn't. For either.

I know Sonny for males is different and a lot nicer.

A lot nicer! Really??? I went to school with a male Sonny, pronounced Son-ny. Personally, when I read the name Sonny, my brain has to think, hmm, is it
Son-ny or Sunny? I dislike it.

Sunny for a girl is at least pronounced how its spelt, and no different to Summer, Meadow, Sky, Isla.

Sunny / Sonny are both ridiculous names. Along the lines of "Junior".

Ah it’s a lovely name. There’s a lot worse names out there. Hopefully she will be a Sunny personality.

There's worse names! At least it's different and not boring.
FWIW I like Sonny for a boy! Although becoming popular

It isn't a name I'd choose but there are a lot worse names. I prefer it to Sonny for a boy.

Both lovely names.

I have a teenage boy sonny (pronounced sunny - you wouldn’t believe the amount of people who call him s-on-ny) I love it, it’s my favourite name of all names - to each their own. I can say he has never experienced any form of ridicule whatsoever for his name.

I dislike Sunny and Sonny as names. To me they are too nicknamey to be actual names.

I know of one boy Sonny who has a brother with a similar style nickname-name so at least they match.

But I know a recent baby girl Sunny who has two siblings with classic traditional names and I do wonder how she will feel about that as she grows up.

Also dislike both.

Really like both

I hate Sonny because all I see is Son-y like son, but like Sunny. Not going to use any, though. I do like Sunniva nn Sunny which is Scandi.

It's not a name I'd choose but I'm sure the person will grow into the name. My friend called her daughter Sunny. She's now about 25 and likes her name. She is a smiley person so I suppose it suits her.

So you’re not planning on using the name Sunny; you’re just using this board to air your negative opinion?

Love it! Cheer up OP ☀️☀️☀️

Knew a boy called Sunny with bright red hair. Thought it was a good choice for him!

I like Sunny as a girl's name a lot more than Sonny for a boy.

It's very sweet, and I don't think parents should try to anticipate or work around the rudeness and ignorance of others when choosing names for their children.

I had a female classmate called Sonny (pronounced like sunny), real name Sonia. We also had a Sunshine (no one dared call HER Sunny!) who was extremely grumpy. The name still somehow worked for her.

Awful

I wouldn't choose Sunny as a child's name - but if I liked it, I might choose a name that could be shortened to Sunny (though I can't think of one off the top of my head).

Sunny is sweet for a beautiful little toddler skipping around on a summers day but fast forward to an adult, possibly fat, grumpy and a homely face with straggly hair and it's not quite as appealing.

Super cute nn for Sunniva (Scandi girls name) or Susanna. Or for any of the plethora of “surname as first names” that end in -son or have a similar sound (like Sullivan) for boys.

But no, I wouldn’t want to go through life with the given name of Sunny (or even Sonny for boys) - everyone has different tastes but personally I’d only find it sweet on a young child.

Hopefully the Sunny you know has a lovely middle name she can use instead when she’s older, if she feels that way as well.

I know lots of men who go by sunny. Short for Sundeep