Thoughts on Sonny please

[Eleta]

dh came up with this one today. We are really struggling with boys names. I would just like to ask for anyones opinions. Is it awful? Or do you like it?

I love it, considering it for my baby too if we have a boy We are kinda debating as to whether we should have it as a first or middle name but I think it will factor somewhere:D

I like it.

We are struggling with boys names too. Plenty if its a girl.
Personally I like it. It was my choice for dd1 if she was a boy.
The only name me and dh agreed on as he hated all mine.
Not sure if Im going to go for it this time as I have a few more I like too.
my mum just keeps saying sunny d as in the drink.

My friend just named her baby Sonny.
I think its lovely

It's not a proper name to me - like Junior, that isn't either - both OK as pet names but I think a boy should have an actual name too.

I like it. Danny Baker's son is sonny, and i like him, ergo...

I need a good middle name to go with it as it doesnt sound very good with our surname.
Think george bush, washington d.c, BIG BUILDING

Dp and i really like it, we almost called ds4 it, but went for Rudi instead, which we thought was nice and a bit unusual, and then bloody edith bowman had her baby a few weeks later and called him Rudy, she spelt it wrong tho, obviously.

I know a lovely Sonny who is about 9yrs old and dont know any others.

Personally I think it is awful because it isn't really a name, and it is very diminutive, like Junior, Baby etc. I don't like these as long term nick names either. But if you like it

not one I like tbh

I'm really not sure. I love Gabriel but dh concerned he could get called gay gabe

Gabriel is lovely, also Gil is nice

Gabriel is fab. My cousin is called Gabriel (or Gabe) and has never had any stick about it. He is highly cool though, which might help!

I know a Sonny, but I always think "....and Cher" when I hear it.

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I'm not keen on Sonny. I agree that it's not a proper name, more a pet one or term of affection. A bit like going through life being called 'Poppet.'

My nephew is Gabriel. He's four now and at nursery school and is always called is full name.

Don't like it. Sorry, but it's a child's nickname. Can you imagine a high court judge called Sonny?

I think the macho Sonnys had to go into boxing or whatever just to prove something because they were burdened with such a little boy name. Like Shirley becoming a wrestler (was it Big Daddy?).

My SIL's boy is a Sonny. I have to say, I still don't like it. "This is my son...Sonny". But as ever, your baby, your choice.

Remember you are not just naming a baby, you are naming a boy, a teenager, a man and an old man. Think of a middle aged man called Sonny.

Could you call him something else - not sure what - and have Sonny for a nick-name?

Sorry I think it is awful. Like Seeker says you really have to think of the child as an adult.

Too juvenile - limiting in later life.

Just awful. Don't do it.