Johnny
| Language(s) | English |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Word/name | John |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Johnnie, Johnni, Johni, Jhonny, Johny, Juanito |
| See also | Seonaidh |
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:
Fictional characters
- Johnny, a recurring character in the video game series Metal Gear Solid
- Johnny, the lead character in the film The Room
- Johnny, a Nomu character in the manga and anime series My Hero Academia
- Johnny, a character in the British comic book series Kingsman: The Red Diamond
- 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, in S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders and the 1983 film of the same name
- Johnny Cage, from the Mortal Kombat video game series
- Johnny Castle, a lead character in the 1980s film Dirty Dancing
- Johnny Connor, in the British television series Coronation Street
- Johnny Crowder, in the television series Justified
- 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
- Johnny Fedora, in the Make Mine Music short Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
- Johnny Fiama, 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 Kelly, the lead character of the 1984 film Johnny Dangerously
- Johnny Kapahaala, the lead character from the Disney Channel television film Johnny Tsunami
- Johnny Klebitz, the main character from the video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And Damned
- Johnny Lawrence, in the film The Karate Kid and the Netflix series Cobra Kai
- 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 Silverhand, in the video game Cyberpunk 2077
- Johnny Snowman, a friend of Daisy in the Nick Jr. series Oswald
- "Johnny" Storm, the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four
- The title character of Johnny Test, a Canadian cartoon series
- Johnny Tightlips, a mafia member in the FOX animated television series The Simpsons
- Johnny Utah, lead character in Point Break
- Johnny J. Worthington III, in the Pixar media franchise Monsters, Inc.
- Johnnie, a character first appeared in the episode "Bad Timing" of the animated series Adventure Time
See also
- Alternate forms for the name John
- Johnny (disambiguation)
- Jonnie
- Jonny
- Jhonny (disambiguation)
- Seonaidh, a water spirit on Lewis, Outer Hebrides in Scotland, UK
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
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