Sonny is a common nickname and occasional given name. Often 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 names Salvatore, Santo, or Santino (mostly in North America amongst Italian Americans); or the Slavic male name Slavon meaning "famous or glorious".

Notable people with the name include:

Athletes

Jazz musicians

Other musicians

Other

  • Sonny Vaccaro, American former sports marketing executive
  • Sonny Angara (born 1972), Filipino politician
  • Ralph Sonny Barger (1938–2022), founding member of the original Oakland, California, chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club
  • Feliciano "Sonny" Belmonte Jr. (born 1936), Filipino politician
  • Dominick Napolitano, also known as Sonny Black (1930–1981), capo in the Bonanno crime family
  • Al Indelicato, also known as Sonny Red (1931–1981), another capo in the Bonanno crime family, killed during the same gangland war, in which the two led opposite sides
  • Sonny Caldinez (1932–2022), Trinidadian actor
  • Sonny Flood (born 1989), English actor who plays Josh Ashworth on Hollyoaks
  • Sonny Grosso (1930–2020), police detective and movie producer from New York
  • John Franzese, Sr. (1917–2020), underboss of the Colombo crime family
  • William Sonny Landham (1941–2017), American actor and stuntman
  • Sonny Mehta (born Ajai Singh Mehta; 1942–2019), Indian book editor
  • Gillespie V. Montgomery (1920–2006), American politician
  • George Sonny Perdue (born 1946), U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former Governor of Georgia
  • Shridath Ramphal (born 1928), commonly called "Sonny Ramphal" or "Sir Sonny", Guyanese politician and 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
  • Otis Sonny Shroyer (born 1935), American actor
  • Delbert Sonny West (1938–2017), American actor and stunt performer
  • Harold G. White (born 1965), mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, and applied physicist

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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