Sonny- does it sound strange with our surname?

[amyjess79]

I absolutely adore the name Sonny for our baby boy, however I am afraid it sounds weird with a surname which is Sayle.
Am i thinking it over too much and paranoid or do you think it sounds ok?

Thanks! :-)(

[blade]

It sounds odd, but I don't think it should be used for any baby, no matter his surname. It's a generic, old-timey nickname for a boy and should only be prefaced with "back in my day..."

Anything ending in -son would be an awesome way to get the cute nn Sonny, but to give it as a stand-alone name is cruel.

Bryson
Harrison
Greyson
Pearson
Judson
Gibson
..many many more

all sound fantastic with Sayle.

[dantea]

I think it sounds odd as it sounds like Sunny Sale, as in the sale today was sunny. I don't think it's cruel to name a son Sonny or a complete deal breaker than it sounds odd, but I would suggest using it as a nickname for something else that contains Son or Sun.

I could give you plenty of suggestions if you want them.

[econo]

Sonny Bono, whose given name was Salvatore, managed to reinvent himself from a B-list singer/variety show host into a Congressman. I'm not sure, however, that anyone could count on pulling that off. It's probably best to give your son a name he could use as an adult. Sonny Sayle would probably work as a nickname for an extroverted child in elementary school.

[lexikj]

I think it sounds strange... like Sunny Sale or Sunny Sail. I also don't think Sonny is great as a stand-alone name, it's a nickname only imo.

[neuilly]

Yeah, I do think it sounds funny. Like others mentioned it sounds like a phrase "Sunny Sale". Not that the phrase makes much sense but if someone said it, I'm not sure my brain would immediately process it as a name. Sorry.

[jersey_gray]

Naming a boy Sonny would certainly not be cruel. I'm a fan of naming your child what you will the child, such as Kate rather than Katherine, but even I would say Sonny should probably be a nn rather than a given name. It'd be a very cute nn. One of my favorite nn's for a girl is Sunny.