Message: "Sunshine" - Behind the Name

Sunshine

by misty

6/24/2007, 6:36 PM

What do you think of the name Sunshine? (this is my first name, and I'm just curious to see if other people think it's as awful as I do)

#Sunshine

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- Isla

6/25/2007, 11:26 AM

It's technically my cat's name but I always call her Sunny. I can definitely see it getting old if it was my name, so I feel for you. I like it in a GP sort of way but it's not something I'd use on a child. The main reason I like it is because it was a nn of sorts of a male character on "Queer As Folk". :b

- lawruh

6/25/2007, 10:28 AM

I like it, but I don't think I'd have the guts to use it as a fn. I like the nn Sunny. I don't think it'd age very well & that would keep me from using it.

- lady murasaki

6/25/2007, 6:21 AM

I'm sorry but I do think it's a bit too cutesy, like most of these "poetic" nature names, but I guess it's always better than say, Makkenzeigh or Madysyn.

- mum2bubba

6/24/2007, 11:17 PM

I like it but I'm not sure I'd use it. I like the nn Sunny.

- Pink Princess

6/24/2007, 9:00 PM

I actually think it's cute. I like that the nn Sunny can be used. It's not that bad!

- lac (guest)

6/24/2007, 8:33 PM

I think Sunshine is kinda cute. I can totally understand why you don't like it, though. While adorable on a toddler, it would be a hard name to grow up with. I guess you can always go by Sunny.

- RoxStar

6/24/2007, 7:37 PM

I'm definitely no fan of it. It sounds like a name a clown at children's parties might use. I can't picture a Dr. Sunshine Kaminsky or a Judge Sunshine O'Brien. lol

- Caitlin (earthnut) +1

6/24/2007, 7:34 PM

As a mn, I think it's fine. As a first name, it's something I'd never do. What was your experience with it?

- misty

6/25/2007, 6:52 AM

I was totally fed up with it by the time I went to secondary school, and started going by my middle name then. The two most annoying things I used to get were people singing 'you are my sunshine' at me all the time, and people telling me that rain or storm would suit me better :/ Also my sister has a nice, normal sort of name, so mine looked even stranger by comparison.

- Ariel (ArielleirA) +1

6/24/2007, 7:09 PM

I prefer Sunrise. It's ok, but I wouldn't name my kid it. Do you go by Sunny, or your middle name, or what?

- misty

6/25/2007, 6:47 AM

I go by my middle name

- 1st_Timothy_4.12

6/24/2007, 7:06 PM

It's not for me.

- TongueTied

6/24/2007, 6:56 PM

I don't think its awful, it's quite nice in its own way. It's certainly different from all the common names.

It's a name that wouldn't make it on to my short list.

- RowenaRavenclaw

6/24/2007, 6:49 PM

I kind of like it as a middle name, though I prefer Sunset.

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