Sonny

Sonny is a common nickname and occasional given name. It can be a derivative of the English word "Son",[1] a name derived from the Ancient Germanic element *sunn meaning "sun",[2] a nickname derived from the Italian given names Salvatore (especially in North America, amongst Italian Americans), or the Slavic male name Slavon meaning "famous, glorious".

This article is about the name. For American restaurant chain, see Sonny's BBQ. For the films, see Sonny (1922 film) and Sonny (2002 film). For the song also known as "Sonny", see Sonny's Dream.
Not to be confused with Sunny.

People with the name include:

Athletes
  • Charles Sonny Ates (1935–2010), retired American racecar driver
  • Erwin Sonny Bishop (born 1939), American football player
  • Shin'ichi Sonny Chiba (born 1939), Japanese martial artist and actor
  • Sonny Gray (born 1989), American baseball pitcher
  • Sidney "Sonny" Hertzberg (1922–2005), American basketball player
  • Ernest Sonny Hutchins (1929–2005), stock car driver
  • Christian Sonny Jurgensen (born 1934), American Hall-of-Fame National Football League quarterback
  • Sonny Liles (1919–2005), American football player
  • Charles Sonny Liston (c. 1930–1970), American heavyweight boxer
  • Robert Sonny Parker (born 1955), American former basketball player
  • Wilfred Sonny Siebert (born 1937), American former baseball pitcher
  • Jan Sonny Silooy (born 1963), Dutch former footballer
  • Anderson da Silva (born 1970), known as Sonny Anderson, Brazilian retired footballer
  • Sonny Weems (born 1986), American expatriate basketball player
  • Sonny Bill Williams (born 1985), New Zealand former rugby league and rugby union player

Jazz musicians

Other musicians
  • Sonny Double 1, Welsh rapper
  • Sonny Black, English singer/songwriter born William Boazman
  • Salvatore Sonny Bono (1935–1998), American singer, record producer and politician
  • Albert Sonny Burgess (1929–2017), rockabilly singer and guitarist
  • Edwin Sonny Chillingworth (1932–1994), slack-key guitar player from Hawaii
  • Albert "Sonny" Cunha (1879–1933), Hawaiian composer
  • Sonny Curtis (born 1937), country and pop singer-songwriter
  • Sonny Digital (born 1991), American record producer, rapper, and DJ.
  • Sonny Emory (born 1962), freelance touring and studio drummer
  • Sonny James (1928–2016), stage name of American country music singer James Hugh Loden
  • Sonny Kay (born 1972), founder of the record label Gold Standard Laboratories
  • Sonny King (singer) (1922–2006), American lounge singer born Luigi Antonio Schiavone
  • Clyde Sonny Landreth (born 1951), American blues guitar player
  • Sonny Moore (born 1988), better known as Skrillex, American songwriter and electronic music producer
  • Sonny Fredie Pedersen, Danish musician and actor
  • Sonny Sanders (1939–2016), American soul music singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer
  • Paul Sonny Sandoval (born 1974), lead singer of rock band P.O.D.
  • Sonny Terry (1911–1986), blind American blues musician born Saunders Terrell
  • Joseph Sonny West (born 1937), American rockabilly guitarist and songwriter
  • Sonny Boy Williamson I a.k.a. John Lee Williamson (1914–1948), blues singer and harmonica player
  • Sonny Boy Williamson II a.k.a. Aleck Ford "Rice" Miller (c.1912–1965), blues singer and harmonica player

Other

Fictional characters

See also

References
  1. "Sonny m - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and Statistics". www.nordicnames.de. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  2. "Sonny f - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and Statistics". www.nordicnames.de. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
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