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Sunny

Girl / Boy name · 98 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Sunny: 98 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to both boys and girls, peaking at 7 births in 2020.

Sunny began as a nickname in the English-speaking world, derived directly from the word for bright, cheerful weather, and has been used as a given name since the 19th century, often as a diminutive of names like Susan or, in Scotland, of the Gaelic name Sunna. Its most famous bearer is the American actress Sunny Leone, while in Scotland the name carries a more natural association with the country's famously changeable skies. The name shares its root with the word "sun," which appears in place names like the Scottish village of Sunart, though no major settlement is directly named after a bearer. A notable variant is the Irish name Sinead, which shares no etymological link but offers a similarly bright, melodic feel.