Johnny
| Language(s) | English |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Word/name | John |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni, Johni, Jhonny, Johonny Johny |
| See also | Seonaidh |
Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but since the 16th century, it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for both males and females but most common with men.
Variant forms of Johnny include: Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni and Johni.[1] The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as Seonaidh.[2]
Johnny or Johnnie may refer to:
People
Johnny
- Johnny Aba (born 1956), Papua New Guinean professional boxer
- Johnny Abarrientos (born 1970), Filipino professional basketball player
- Johnny Abbes García (1924–?), chief of the government intelligence office of the Dominican Republic
- Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician
- Johnny Abrego (born 1962), former Major League baseball player
- Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American rhythm and blues singer
- John Laurinaitis, (born 1962) also known as Johnny Ace, American wrestler and producer
- Johnny Adair (born 1963), loyalist paramilitary leader in Northern Ireland
- John "Johnny" Adriano Acea (1917–1963), American jazz pianist
- Johnny Anfone (born 1969), Thai actor, singer and model
- Johnny Appleseed (1774–1845), American pioneer nurseryman
- Johnny Archer (born 1968), American pool player
- Johnny Bench (born 1947), American baseball player
- Johnny Yong Bosch (born 1976), actor and martial artist
- Johnny Boychuk (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Johnny Bristol (1939–2004), American musician
- Johnny Burke (lyricist) (1908–1964), American lyricist
- Johnny Cardoso (born 2001), American soccer player
- Johnny Carson (1925–2005), American talk show host
- Johnny Cash (1932–2003), American singer-songwriter and actor
- Johnny Chakravarthy, Indian actor
- Johnny Cochrane, Scottish football manager
- Johnny Cook (Canadian football) (1925–1986), American football player
- Johnny Crawford (born 1946), American actor, singer and musician
- Johnny Davis (born 1962), American kickboxer
- Johnny Depp (born 1963), American actor, film producer, and musician
- Johnny Galecki (born 1975), American actor
- Johnny Gaudreau (born 1993), American ice hockey player
- Johnny Gilbert (born 1924), American TV personality
- Johnny Gioeli (born 1967), American singer-songwriter
- Johnny Hallyday (1943–2017), French singer and actor
- Johnny Huggins (born 1976), American football player
- Johnny Johnson (disambiguation)
- Johnny Karras (1928–2008), American football player
- Johnny Kemp (1959–2015), Bahamian musician
- Johnny Kitagawa (1931–2019), Japanese-American businessman and talent manager
- Johnny Knoxville (born 1971), American actor, daredevil, comedian, screenwriter and film producer
- Johnny Lee (actor) (1898–1965), American actor
- Johnny Lee (singer) (born 1946), American country music singer
- Johnny Lewis (1983–2012), American actor
- Johnny Lozada (born 1967), Puerto Rican singer, show host and actor
- Johnny Manziel (born 1992), American football player
- Johnny Marr (born 1963), English musician, songwriter, and singer
- Johnny Mathis (born 1935), American singer
- Johnny Maxey (born 1993), American football player
- Johnny Mercer (1909–1976), American lyricist, songwriter and singer
- Johnny Moeller (born 1970), American guitarist
- Johnny Moyal (born 1965), Israeli Olympic gymnast
- Johnny Nash (1940–2020), American singer-songwriter
- Johnny Pacar (born 1981), American actor
- Johnny Ace Palmer, American close-up magician
- Johnny Papalia (1924–1997), Canadian fugitive who was murdered
- Johnny Patterson (racing driver) (died 1969), NASCAR driver
- Johnny Peacock (1910–1981), American baseball player
- Johnny Peacock (American football) (born 1947), American football player
- Johnny Reed McKinzie Jr. (born 1985), better known by his stage name Jay Rock, American rapper and songwriter
- Johnny Ringo (1850–1882), American gunfighter and fugitive who was murdered
- Johnny Rivers (born 1942), American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
- Johnny Roeg (1910–2003), Dutch footballer, striker for Ajax
- Johnny Rotten (born 1956), alias of John Lydon, English lead singer of the Sex Pistols
- Johnny Seo, member of the K-pop group NCT
- Johnny Sequoyah (born 2002), American actress
- Johnny Simmons (born 1986), American actor
- Johnny Sims (born 1967), American football player
- Johnny Sins (born 1978), American pornographic actor
- Johnny Stanton (born 1994), American football player
- Johnny Townsend (American football) (born 1995), American football player
- Johnny Unitas (1933–2002), American football player
- Johnny Weir (born 1984), American figure skater
- Johnny Winter (1944–2014), American blues guitarist, singer, and record producer
- Johnny Whitaker (born 1959), American actor
- Johnny Whitworth (born 1975), American actor
Johnnie
- Johnnie Carr (1911–2008), American civil rights leader
- Johnnie Cochran (1937–2005), American lawyer known for defending O. J. Simpson at his murder trial
- Johnnie Bryan Hunt (1927–2006), American entrepreneur in the trucking industry
- Johnnie Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Johnnie Lewis (1946–2015), Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia
- Johnnie Mae Young (1923–2014), full name of professional wrestler Mae Young
- Johnnie Walker (disambiguation), also includes Johnny and Jonny Walkers
- Johnnie Wright (1914–2011), American country music singer and songwriter, half of the duo Johnnie & Jack
Fictional characters
- Johnny, the lead character in the film The Room
- Johnny 5, the robot star of the Short Circuit films
- Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), alternate identity of Ghost Rider, a comic book character
- The title character of Johnny Bravo, an American cartoon series
- Johnny C., the title character of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, a comic book by Jhonen Vasquez
- Johnny Cade, character in S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders and the 1983 film of the same name
- Johnny Cage, from the Mortal Kombat videogame series
- Johnny Castle, a lead character in the film Dirty Dancing
- Johnny Connor, a character in the British TV series Coronation Street
- Johnny Crawfish, a character from the PBS Kids series Noddy.
- Johnny Crowder, a character in the American television show Justified
- The title character of the films Johnny English (2003) and Johnny English Reborn (2011), played by Rowan Atkinson
- Johnny Fedora, a character in the Make Mine Music short Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
- Johnny Fiama, a character on The Muppet Show
- The title character of the film Johnny Guitar
- Johnny Joestar, the lead character of Hirohiko Araki's manga series Steel Ball Run
- Johnny Kapahaala, the lead character from the Disney Channel movie Johnny Tsunami
- Johnny Mnemonic, the title character of a book by William Gibson and of the film based on the book
- Johnny Punk, an animatronic sold by Spirit Halloween for the 2020 Halloween season
- Johnny Snowman, a friend of Daisy in Oswald
- "Johnny" Storm, the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four
- The title character of Johnny Test, an American cartoon series
- Johnny Tightlips, a mafia member in the television series The Simpsons
- Johnny Utah, lead character in Point Break
- Johnny J. Worthington III, president of Roar Omega Roar in the Pixar media franchise Monsters, Inc.
- Johnny Silverhand, a character in the video game Cyberpunk 2077
Other uses
- Onion Johnnies are Breton farmers and agricultural labourers who sell onions in Great Britain.
- Johnny B. Goode, a song by Chuck Berry
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Robertson, Boyd; Taylor, Iain (2003), Teach Yourself Gaelic, Teach Yourself, pp. 340–341
See also
- Alternate forms for the name John
- Jonnie
- Jonny
- Jhonny (disambiguation)
- Seonaidh, a water spirit on Lewis, Outer Hebrides in Scotland, UK
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