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I LOVE Sunny for a girl. I have a baby girl in heaven who I named Sunny, so it holds a special place in my heart. I like all the longer names too, but probably more just for mns.

Sunflower is somewhat of a gp of mine. But if I was choosing a full name for Sunny I would go with Sunniva, a long term favorite.

I love Sunny as nickname for Susannah!

I love Sunny, it’s very cute! I think it works as a standalone, if you want, and as for those names I really like them, especially Sunflower! They’re definitely very ‘hippie’, which I very much like, but isn’t for everyone.

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Other Sunny names could be:
Sunday
Suna
Sunita
Sunniva

Not my style at all. The 'names' are just dictionary words, and Sunny = Sonny = generic little boy.

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Not that this will help at all, but Susannah in Afrikaans shortens to Sannie which sounds almost exactly like Sunny.

Sunshine is a neat concept for a name... but stereotypically dippy hippy, and feels condescending to say, like Honey.
Sunrise and Sunset seem too wordy and goofy seeming. Especially Sunrise, given that Dawn and Aurora both exist. And Sunset is, uh, kind of dark.
Sunflower, though, is kinda neat and seems like it could be a name, so that one gets my vote as a full name for Sunny.
I think Sunny is fine as a full name. But I'd rather be Sunflower nn Sunny, than just Sunny, because Sunny sounds just like Sonny in my accent, and I think Sonny is bad. Particularly for a gal.

This message was edited 9/29/2023, 12:09 AM

I prefer Sunny for a guy but it’s not a bad nickname. However I think it works better as just a nn for someone who has a sunny personality.

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Sunrose is another option, it’s one of my favorite plants (baby sun rose) because bees love them ☺️🐝

None of these really feel like names, they're almost 'cliche silly-hippy names' (eyeroll at that concept)... as silly as that concept that is, I think these names are quite quintessential of it. I would feel bad for someone called Sunrise being taken seriously, even if we live in a more accepting modern world. Some people will always have an unconscious bias against names like that.

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If you like Sunny, just use it. Accept that it's not serious. Don't use what is simply a longer, even less serious name, just to use Sunny as a nickname, I don't think that makes sense. Sunny (nickname) is less eye-roll inducing than Sunrise (full name).

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If you want it to be a light hearted nickname, use a "serious" full name. For example, Susan or Sarah or Sunniva and use "Sunny"... I'm not sure what would work and how much you could stretch the names to fit the nickname, but it'd definitely be better than a more obvious but less name-y name.

I like but don't love Sunny. I think it works on its own.

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I think Sunflower would be interesting to see similar to how I think other rare flower names are (someone on here met a Carnation, and I've met a Gardenia; I thought those were neat). Probably best as a MN, but I think it could be likable as a first name.

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Sunshine is ok but seems a little too cliche 70s or creepily cheerful.

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I don't know if I'd want to be called Sunny if my name was Sunset...since they're kind of inverse. Sunset is ok, but I'd rather be Vesper or Evensong or Sonnet.

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Sunrise is my least favorite. It just seems random, like Daybreak would...maybe because Dawn and Aurora have been so popular that Sunrise seems needlessly different. If I was going for a Dawn / Aurora alternative, I'd rather be Morning or Genesis or Early. Maybe it'd be better for a guy.

This message was edited 9/28/2023, 12:45 PM

I like Sunny, but for me the full name options you have listed are a bit too much. I don't think I'd enjoy being named Sunrise, Sunset, Sunshine or Sunflower, it would feel kind of limiting.

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I like the idea of a Susan (or Susannah) called Sunny.

I like Sunny, its nice and I would use it.

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Sunset is the only one of the Sun- names you suggested that I would use.

I generally think its best to use a more formal name as their legal name and a cute name for a nickname. Children grow into teenagers who might resent cute nicknames and teenagers into adults who might need a formal name for work life.

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You can find a nice name which Sunny could be used as a nickname :)

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Addison; Maddison; Alison; Sonya / Sonia; Alessondra; Sondra

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I'm not that big on Sunrise, Sunset, Sunshine or Sunflower, but they'd be okay as a middle name

This message was edited 9/28/2023, 9:40 AM

I love Sunny. My favorite full name would be Sunday, but I think Sunshine and Sunflower could work.

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Maybe Soleil could be an option? Or, if you'd want to go with something a little more stretchy, Susanna(h)? I also like Súna and just Sun.

You could come up with another name you like and use Sunny, Sunrise, Sunset, Sunshine, as a middle name.(Sunsets, while beautiful, are also kind of depressing to me as a symbol of life coming to an end). Using it as a middle name makes it easier to avoid if the child doesn't want to go by it when they get older. Also, nicknames don't have to be part of a child's legal name. Happy Rockefeller's (wife of Nelson Rockefeller, VP of the US) was named Margaretta. She was given the nickname Happy because of her disposition as a child.

Sunny is just barely acceptable; even as a nn it feels very childish and/or petlike.
The others verge into cartoon and/or porntastic.

I don't like any of those names, what about Sunita, Allison, Addison, Madison, Sonia, Sondra, Kalinda, Marisol, Soleil, Sunniva, Eloise, Eliana, Sunisa, Sunissa

This message was edited 9/28/2023, 9:49 AM

I'm a big fan of word names, so I think Sunny is a great name!

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For the full name, I like Sunshine and Sunrise. Sunflower is just OK and bordering on being a no for me. Sunset I do not like as a name.

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If you wanted a more traditional name, Emerson could be an option. The nickname would be Sonny, but it sounds the same.