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[ 2 syll. son-ny, so-nny ] The boy name Sonny is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is SAHNiy †. Sonny is used chiefly in the English language, and it is derived from Old French and English origins. The name was originally a nickname for a young man. It was first promoted by the appearance of the character 'Sonny Boy' in the film The Singing Fool (1928) starring Al Jolson. The name is sometimes used as a diminutive form of other names such as Solomon and Saul. In addition, Sonny is a variant of the name Orson (English and French) in the English language. Sonni (English), Sonnie (English), and Sunny (English) are variants of Sonny. See also the related forms, Saul (English, German, and Hungarian) and Solomon (English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic). Sonny is a classic favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for boys, though not to the extent it was previously. The name's popularity rose from the 1920s up to the 1970s. At the height of its usage in 1975, 0.021% of baby boys were given the name Sonny. It ranked at #427 then. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.011% and its ranking #863. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Sonny, Saul was the most regularly used. In 2008, it was used 4 times more than Sonny. Sonny has mostly been a boy name in the past century. Baby names that sound like Sonny include Sonni (English), Sonnie (English), Sunny (English), Saami (Arabic), Sachen, Sachin, Sahen, Sajan (Indian), Sajjan (Indian), Salman (Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish), Salmon (English), Samein (Arabic), Sami (Arabic, Hungarian, Iranian, Turkish, and Finnish), Samih (Arabic), Samman (Arabic), Sammi (English), Sammie (English), Sammon, Sammy (English), and Samo (Czech). A famous person named Sonny is Singer Sonny Bono, born 16 February 1935 - 5 January 1998, Detroit, Michigan.
† Pronunciation for Sonny: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
