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Sonny

//ˈsʌni// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A nickname for a male child.
  2. 2
    A male given name from English.

    "'I was christened "Sonny"', the boy said with a protective formality which was clearly of some years' growth. ' It seems to have been all right then. Fashionable, you know. Now, of course, it's ghastly. Everyone calls me Sinclair, even Mother.'"

  3. 3
    A diminutive of the female given name Sonia.

    "Sonia was hired and quickly persuaded everyone to call her “Sonny.” Josie recalls, “For some reason, she did not care for her first name, but I thought it was beautiful. I was surprised that she spelled her nickname 'Sonny' rather than 'Sunny', but I suppose it was because of the letter 'o' in Sonia."

Noun
  1. 1
    A familiar form of address for a boy. dated
  2. 2
    a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) wordnet
  3. 3
    Form of address to a boy or man, to express contempt, warning etc. colloquial, dated, derogatory

Etymology

From son + -y.

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