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* [[Johnny Connor]], in the British television series ''Coronation Street''
* [[Johnny Connor]], in the British television series ''Coronation Street''
* Johnny Crowder, in the television series ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]''
* Johnny Crowder, in the television series ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]''
* Johnny Crunch, a character in the 1999 film '[[The Adventures of Ford Fairlane]]''
* Johnny Crunch, a character in the 1999 film ''[[The Adventures of Ford Fairlane]]''
* The title character of the films ''[[Johnny English]]'' (2003) and ''Johnny English Reborn'' (2011), played by Rowan Atkinson
* The title character of the films ''[[Johnny English]]'' (2003) and ''Johnny English Reborn'' (2011), played by Rowan Atkinson
* Johnny Fedora, in the ''[[Make Mine Music]]'' short ''Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet''
* Johnny Fedora, in the ''[[Make Mine Music]]'' short ''Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet''

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Johnny
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)English
Word/nameJohn
Other names
Variant form(s)Johnnie, Johnni, Johni, Jhonny, Johny, Juanito
See alsoSeonaidh

Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females.

Variant forms of Johnny include Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni and Johni.[1] The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as Seonaidh.[2]

Notable people and characters named Johnny or Johnnie include:

People

Johnny

Johnnie

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 146, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
  2. ^ Robertson, Boyd; Taylor, Iain (2003), Teach Yourself Gaelic, Teach Yourself, pp. 340–341