# 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 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.