Sunny

English nickname

Sunny Origin and Meaning

The name Sunny is a girl's name of English origin.

Upbeat nickname-name that can't help but make you smile. You might want to use it as a short form for a more "serious" name such as Sunniva, but Sunny is undeniably, well, sunny.

Sunny Rank in US Top 1000

# 372 in the US

Sunny Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 566 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Sunny

• 372 US 2024
• 566 Nameberry 2025
• 69 Unisex 2024
• 740 Future 2028
• 331 Germany 2016
• 88 Dogs 2022

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Famous People Named Sunny

• Martha Sharp "Sunny" Crawford von Bülow American socialite wife of Claus von Bulow
• Asunción Cummings "Sunny" Hostin American lawyer and TV personality
• Sunny Leone (born Karenjit Kaur Vohra) Indo,Canadian,American adult film actress
• Sunny stage name of Lee Soon,Kyu, singer of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation
• Sunny Mabrey American actress
• Sunny Sue Johnson American actress
• Sunny Leslie stage name of Heather Wheatman, English singer of duo Sue & Sunny
• Sunny ring name of Tamara "Tammy" Lynn Sytch, American pro wrestler
• Sunny Lane stage name of Holly Hodges, American adult film actress
• Sunny Kathleen Franco Australian footballer
• Sunny Anderson American celebrity chef and TV personality
• Sunny Hay (b. 1986) daughter of guitarist Roy Hay of Culture Club
• Sunny (b. 2003) daughter of actress Suzy Patterson
• Sunny Elizabeth Cradock (b. 2003) daughter of guitarist Steve Cradock of Ocean Colour Scene
• Sunny Richesson (b. 2005) daughter of swimmer Anita Nall and Luke Richesson
• Sunny Bebop Balzary (b. 2005) daughter of musician Michael "Flea" Balzary and supermodel Francesca "Frankie" Rayder
• Sunny Madeline Sandler (b. 2008) daughter of actor Adam Sandler
• Sunny Ray Stelter (b. 2017) daughter of TV commentator Brian Stelter
• Sunny Isabou (b. 2017) daughter of actress Summer Glau and partner Val Morrison

The name Sunny in Pop Culture

• Sunny Baudelaire character in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series
• Sunny Lee character from Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
• Sunny aka Sunlight Passing Through the Ice character in "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer
• Sunny character in J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye"
• Sunny Emmerich character in the Metal Gear video game series
• Sunny Smiles character in video game 'Fallout: New Vegas'
• Sunshine "Sunny" Winslow character in "California Diaries" by Ann M. Martin, spin,off of The Baby,Sitters Club
• Sunny character in "Wings of Fire", a book by Tui T. Sutherland
• "Sunny Came Home " song by Shawn Colvin
• "Sunny " song by Bobby Hebb