Middle name for Sonny?

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Hello all, everyone has been so helpful I thought I would ask opinions on another name. Originally we had decided on Benjamin (nn Benji) but now considering Sonny. Which does everyone prefer? I love Sonny but not sure if it’s a bit nicknamey?

We have also considered ‘Kit’ as a middle name, but open to suggestions. I personally like one syllable names for middle names…

Boys names are so hard!!!

Sonny is not a good name for an adult. It makes me think of Sonny Jim. It's a pet name not a proper name.
There are loads of really nice boys names out there. Is there nothing other than Sonny you could compromise on?
Ben is a nice name.

This. Sonny can always be a nickname. Benjamin is far better.

Sonny is a cute baby nickname but not great for an adult

How about using it or something similar that has a longer full name you'd put on the BC

Sonny - Mason / Harrison / Grayson / Samson / Emerson / Jenson

Sully - Sullivan
Solly - Solomon

I have a Sonny age 11 middle name Jude and it suits him and his personality beautifully

I know 2 sonny's- one short for Santo (spanish) and other Santiago (central american).

Personally I prefer Benjamin - can be benji/benny/ben/Benjamin according to age and formality of situation. If you were going Sonny's I'd find a name ending in 'son' like Benson, Jenson, Wilson and have sonny as nickname.

The only Sunny / Sonny I knew was always called 'Sun' and it was his nickname, gained in his youth, as his approach to life was so good (he lost his entire family overnight during the war, when he went to stay with a friend). Sonny means 'son' and others have already mentioned this, but I often heard boys called 'Sunny Jim' when names were not known, in London .

Anglo-Saxon in origin, Sonny is a boy's name that means, perhaps unsurprisingly, “son.” Sonny originated as a nickname, whether to refer to a boy child or as a diminutive of names such as Salvatore, Santino, or even Emerson

My neighbour's son is Garrison.

Crikey. Is he known as Squaddie?

Beats me. We don't speak. The other kid is "Griffin." 🙄

Sonny isn’t my type of name, but I can see why people might like it, and I like Sonny Jude actually. I guess he could always revert to Jude if he outgrows Sonny.

This happens when people like a sound and don’t think about meaning. The mum is probably blissfully unaware.

She probably tried to jazz up Harrison …

ETA I tend to be exceedingly unfiltered on name threads, but that’s a good example of why …

<<whispers: I quite like Griffin ! >>

Again, not one I’d use but at least it’s a creature and quite a fun one.

So he is a sunny dude, then?

@EmpressaurusKitty he really is!!

Benjamin is fine. Please please don't call your son "Sonny." At least half the people on this thread think it's dreadful - do you want that for your child?

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the name Sonny it's all personal choice but there are plenty of Sonny's in the world.... there is nothing wrong with having a unique name it's like telling people not to call there son James or John

Sonny is not remotely comparable to dignified names like James or John. It's a juvenile diminutive.

He won't be a cute toddler forever. Give him an aspirational name he can use for life.

Dignified ....... there are plenty of dignified Sonny's in the world as I'm sure there are hundreds of undignified Johns.... each person is an individual!!

I also dislike sonny as a given name. If you are attached to it as a nn then I'd absolutely choose one the the PP mentioned full names, eg Harrison.
Or Benson? Uncommon but not weird and could be ben, benny, Benji or sonny

Jim.

The old primeminsiter or plumber test, Sonny is never going to be PM, Ben/Benjamin could be either.

My thought too!

I'm not mad on Sonny, but it's not my child.

I vote Sonny

Benjamin is boring!

John is sooooo boring & dull as anything (My DH name) nothing aspirational about it whatsoever...nor James. If I hear names like that I just think zzzzzzz

More unusual names are more inspiring IMO