Sonni
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Sonni by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Sonni. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Sonni
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sonni. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sonnyson; term of endearment for a boy1,137 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sonnieson; a form of Sonny25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sennaplant used for medicinal purposes18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sunniebright or cheerful like the sun; diminutive of Sunny26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Santipeace; a form of Shanti34 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Sonni
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