Talk:Sonny
I'm not a native speaker, but... is the first definition correct? I believe it should be moved to sonny... Olaf 13:42, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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A female given name is one of the definitions. Never heard of this. The name derives from "son" I think, so I don't think girls would be named such. Voortle (talk) 23:13, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
I have come across this as a male name (a Maori boy I went to school with years ago), but never as a female name. DonnanZ (talk) 13:29, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
This was added six months ago by Urbandegenerate diff. DonnanZ (talk) 09:53, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
- RFV failed. A mistake for Sunny, I imagine. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 23:35, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
- Actually, I can cite this; I've added three books where Sonny is a female character. I also checked a large database of birth, marriage, and death records, and found many female Sonnys from all over the US and (to a lesser extent) the UK, suggesting that the name is neither new nor regional. E.g. in the 1940 US Census, I find Sonny Trister (white) in NJ, wife of Saul Trister; Sonny White (black, ironically) in SC, one-year-old grand-niece of a Rosa Harrison; and Sonny Crane (born in Norway) in NY, wife of Lewis Crane. In some cases, maybe the people who digitized the records typoed Sunny, but there are so many records, in addition to the books, that it's attested, even if odd. It seems to be a variant of Sonya or (like Sonya) a variant of Sophia. - -sche (discuss) 01:13, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you! I now see that I also closed this prematurely by accident, so it is especially helpful that you found cites! —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 04:00, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 18:52, 15 May 2017 (UTC)