Sunny

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Sai in IN India, US United States, JP Japan and 3 more, Saï in LB Lebanon, DZ Algeria and Sani in NG Nigeria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Sunny is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name196K records spelled Sunny39 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Nigeria, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Portuguese

  Also written Suenny, Sünny, Süññy, Súññy, Sūnny

• Spanish given name20K records spelled Sunny19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Brazil, India

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Sûññy, Sünny, Süññy, Süñny, Sùññý

• French given name8.2K records spelled Sunny10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, India, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Sûńñý, Sunńy, Sùnny, Şunny, Súnñÿ

• Korean given name3.3K records spelled Sunny8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea, Canada, India

  Also written 서니, 선니, Sunney, Sunnee, 김선기

• Thai given name2.7K records spelled Sunny6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Thailand, Philippines

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Śünný, Sunný, Śunny, Sūññy

70 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Sunny is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• From the vocabulary word used to describe someone with a bright and cheerful personality (a derivative of sun, referring to the light and warmth provided by that heavenly body). Compare pSonny.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, Featuring a lot of sunshine.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, cheerful

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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 116 years between 1900–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sunny Johnsonb. 1953USAmerican actress (1953-1984)
• Sunny Deolb. 1956INIndian actor and politician (born 1957)
• Sunny Chanb. 1967CNHong Kong actor
• Sunny Mabreyb. 1975USAmerican actress, model and comedian
• Sunny Sweeneyb. 1976USAmerican singer
• Sunny Laneb. 1980USAmerican pornographic actress
• Sunny Leoneb. 1981CAAmerican-Canadian actress, model and former pornographic actress
• Sunny Suwanmethanonb. 1981THThai actor
• Sunny Wangb. 1982TWTaiwanese actor
• Sunny Sandlerb. 2008USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 629 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sunny?

We estimate roughly 22 thousand people bear Sunny (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Sunny have the most bearers?

Sunny is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled sai.

Where is Sunny most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sunny is densest in Finland — about 1 in 685 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Sunny compared with other names?

In India, Sunny is the 527th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Sunny a male or female name?

Sunny is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Sunny mean?

Recorded meaning: Nigerian given name; shown with Sunny Ade as an example.