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in reply to a message by araslanka
It's usable, but makes a statement.
Definitely not a girl name, but if I'm honest I think you could get away with it because it is obscure and unused.
Sunny on a boy basically is Sonny, and that's cheesy, plus it's not masculine enough to call a boy Sunny. So I wouldn't support that.
For either sex I think Summer / Somer is a better nickname than Sunny. Although any girl with any name could be called Sunny if it fit, and any boy with any name could be a Sonny.
- mirfak
Definitely not a girl name, but if I'm honest I think you could get away with it because it is obscure and unused.
Sunny on a boy basically is Sonny, and that's cheesy, plus it's not masculine enough to call a boy Sunny. So I wouldn't support that.
For either sex I think Summer / Somer is a better nickname than Sunny. Although any girl with any name could be called Sunny if it fit, and any boy with any name could be a Sonny.
- mirfak
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A good statement?
Yeah, starting to think it wouldn't be good for a girl. I guess I think "boy or girl?" when it's a name I've never heard before, but as Somerled is listed for a boy it's probably best it stays that way :)
That's true, it basically is Sonny. I don't like that at all!
Do you think Summer would work on a boy? It's always used on girls and if you're yelling "Summer!" people aren't going to know it's a nickname.
Yeah, starting to think it wouldn't be good for a girl. I guess I think "boy or girl?" when it's a name I've never heard before, but as Somerled is listed for a boy it's probably best it stays that way :)
That's true, it basically is Sonny. I don't like that at all!
Do you think Summer would work on a boy? It's always used on girls and if you're yelling "Summer!" people aren't going to know it's a nickname.
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Good, I dunno. Depends whose opinions you value. I personally don't think it is bad, but neither would I be impressed.
I think that how well a guy could wear a nickname Summer, would depend on the guy. I like it on a female, but it does not seem extremely feminine to me. The only issue is that it has been used so much for girls that people are accustomed, but I kind of think that in real life, that does not matter. If I try I can sure imagine a situation where being nicknamed Summer would be a problem for a guy, but in general I don't think it really would be. Esp. spelled Somer. It's like Morgan or Ashley.
I think that how well a guy could wear a nickname Summer, would depend on the guy. I like it on a female, but it does not seem extremely feminine to me. The only issue is that it has been used so much for girls that people are accustomed, but I kind of think that in real life, that does not matter. If I try I can sure imagine a situation where being nicknamed Summer would be a problem for a guy, but in general I don't think it really would be. Esp. spelled Somer. It's like Morgan or Ashley.
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You make a good case for "Summer" as a boy's nickname. Esp. spelled Somer, though the sound is exactly the same. I will think about this one. I think it'd need a ready-to-go nickname so people have something to shorten it too.
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