It makes me think of Sonny Bono and Sonny Barger (founding member of the Hells Angels). Neither people I would name a son after. I think it would make a cute nickname. I think Sunny would be a cute nn for a girl as well (my dogs name is Sunny).
All I can picture is an old man talking to a young man, saying "now Sonny, back in my day..." Definitely not a fan. I think its an acceptable nickname, though.
I just want to give you a world as beautiful as you are to me.
I like it, especially as a nn, but probably because it is more common here in NZ. It is very manly - I instantly think of All Black Sonny Bill Williams - rugby player, league player and boxer.
Maybe as a nickname... But definitely not as a full name.
And I also thought of The Godfather. The character's full name was Santino. And Sonny Bono's full name was Salvatore (though the Salvatores I have know have gone by Salvie...).
Speaking of the Godfather, I asked DH what he thought about the name Luca. His response? "Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes." Guess that's off our list.
Re: Sonny for a boy, opinions?
I automatically think of Sonny and Cher.
It's NMS at all.
It's bad.
I love The Godfather, too. Its like the greatest movie of all time, but I still wouldn't name my kid after Sonny.
In fact, if I had to pick one character from that movie to name my kid after, it'd be Michael.
Michael for a boy.
Michaela for a girl.
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I just want to give you a world as beautiful as you are to me.
I like it, especially as a nn, but probably because it is more common here in NZ. It is very manly - I instantly think of All Black Sonny Bill Williams - rugby player, league player and boxer.
https://www.google.co.nz/imgres?q=sonny+bill+williams&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbnid=5zGVpl3e_rfQ_M:&imgrefurl=https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f185/sonny-bill-williams-39525/&docid=-PBycTPEzsF2hM&w=261&h=320&ei=CbVVTr3UNoKfmQWqv-kK&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=168&vpy=92&dur=4655&hovh=249&hovw=203&tx=140&ty=184&page=1&tbnh=123&tbnw=103&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&biw=1311&bih=564
Maybe as a nickname... But definitely not as a full name.
And I also thought of The Godfather. The character's full name was Santino. And Sonny Bono's full name was Salvatore (though the Salvatores I have know have gone by Salvie...).
I agree, even Sonny Corleone wasn't just named Sonny! Santino is on our list
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Santino nn Sonny
My papa's name was Salvatore, if we ever used his name for a son, I'd probably call him Sonny as a nn.
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