Sunny (name)

Sunny is a unisex name. It can be a given name, a surname, and a nickname, especially from names such as: Sana, Sunil, Sundeep, Sunita, Shams Suniel, or Suraj. Notable people with the name include:

Given name or nickname

• Sunny Anderson (born 1975), American chef and personality
• Sunny Ang (1939–1967), Singaporean law student and executed murderer
• Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani (born 1965), American businessman, former president and chief operating officer of Theranos indicted for fraud and conspiracy
• Sunny Bawra, Indian music director
• Sunny von Bülow (1932–2008), American heiress and socialite
• Sunny Buick (born 1970), Canadian-born tattoo artist, painter
• Sunny Chan (born 1967), Hong Kong television and film actor
• Sunny Deol (born 1956), Bollywood actor
• Sunny Fong (born 1977), Canadian fashion designer
• Sunny Franco (born 1997), Australian soccer player
• Sunny Golloway, American collegiate baseball coach
• Sunny Hostin (born 1968), American lawyer, journalist, and television host
• Sunny Hundal (born 1977), British journalist, blogger and academic
• Sunny Jain, American dhol player, drummer, and composer
• Sunny Johnson (1953–1984), American actress
• Sunny Joseph (born 1957), Indian cinematographer and director
• Sunny Ekeh Kingsley (born 1981), Nigerian footballer
• Sunny Lane (born 1980), American adult film star
• Sunny Lax (born 1986), Hungarian trance music producer
• Sunny Leone (born 1981), American-Canadian model and actress, and former adult film star
• Sunny Mabrey (born 1975), American actress and model
• Sunny Mehta (born 1978), American poker player, writer, and analyst
• Sunny Murray (1936–2017), American jazz drumming pioneer
• Sunny Nijar (born 1988), Indian film and television actor
• Sunny Omoregie (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
• Sunny Sauceda, American Tejano musician
• Sunny Singh (disambiguation), several people
• Sunny Skylar (1913–2009), American composer, singer, lyricist, and music publisher
• Sunny Sohal (born 1987), Indian cricketer
• Stephen Sunday (born 1988), Nigerian professional footballer nicknamed Sunny
• Sunny Suwanmethanont (born 1981), Thai actor
• Sunny Thomas (1941–2025), Indian shooting coach
• Sunny Besen Thrasher (born 1976), Canadian actor
• Sunny Varkey (born 1957), Dubai-based Indian education entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Sunny Wayne, Indian film actor in Malayalam cinema

Stage or ring name

• Heather Wheatman, Indian-born British pop singer with stage name Sunny Leslie
• Lee Soon-kyu (born 1989), South Korean singer with stage name Sunny
• Tammy Lynn Sytch (born 1972), American professional wrestling personality with stage name Sunny
• Patricia Summerland, professional wrestler with stage name Sunny

Surname

• Arafat Sunny (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Elias Sunny (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Hassan Sunny (born 1984), Singaporean footballer
• K. P. A. C. Sunny (1934–2006), Indian actor in Malayalam movies
• Tehmina Sunny (born 1980), English actress

Fictional characters

• Sunny, a fictional prostitute in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
• Sunny, the title character of the animated television series Sunny Day
• Sunny (Metal Gear), in the Metal Gear series
• SUNNY, the main character of the role-playing psychological horror game OMORI
• Sunny, the literal sun girl from the animated series Mr Moon
• Sunny or Kim Sun, a supporting character in K-drama Goblin: The Lonely and Great God by Kim Eun-sook
• Sunny Baudelaire, in the Series of Unfortunate Events books by Lemony Snicket
• Sunny Carstairs, played by Courtney Thorne-Smith in the 1987 American comedy movie Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
• Cure Sunny/Glitter Sunny, magical girl alias of Akane Hino/Kelsey Ace in the anime series Smile PreCure!/Glitter Force
• Sunny Lee, in the soap opera Neighbours
• Sunny Milk, in the Touhou Project series
• Sunny, one of the nine default player characters in the game Minecraft added in the 1.19.3 update.

See also

• Sunny (disambiguation)