Johnny

Johnny
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	English
Word/name	John
Other names
Variant form(s)	Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni, Johni, Johny, Jhonny, Johonny
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.

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

Johnny or Johnnie may refer to:

People

Johnny Aba, 1970s/80s Papua New Guinean professional boxer
Johnny Abarrientos, 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, former Major League Baseballer
Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American rhythm and blues singer
Johnny Ace Palmer, award-winning American close-up magician
John Laurinaitis, also known as Johnny Ace, American wrestler and producer
Johnny Adair (born 1963), loyalist paramilitary leader in Northern Ireland
John Adriano Acea (1917–1963), American jazz pianist
Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer nurseryman
Johnny Archer, American pool player
Johnny Bench, American baseball player
Johnny Yong Bosch, actor and martial artist
Johnny Boychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
Johnny Bristol (1939–2004), American musician
Johnny Burke (lyricist), American lyricist
Johnnie Carr (1911-2008), American civil rights leader
Johnny Carson, American talk show host
Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter and actor
Johnny Chakravarthy, Indian actor
Johnnie Cochran (1937-2005), American lawyer known for defending O. J. Simpson at his murder trial
Johnny Cochrane, Scottish football manager
Johnny Cook (Canadian football), American football player
Johnny Crawford, American actor, singer and musician
Johnny Davis, American kickboxer
Johnny Depp, American actor, film producer, and musician
Johnny Galecki, American actor
Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player
Johnny Gilbert, American TV personality
Johnny Gioeli, American singer-songwriter
Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
Johnny Huggins (born 1976), American football player
Johnnie Bryan Hunt (1927-2006), American entrepreneur in the trucking industry
Johnnie Johnson (disambiguation)
Johnny Johnson (disambiguation)
Johnny Karras, American football player
Johnny Kemp (1959-2015), Bahamian musician
Johnny Knoxville, American actor, daredevil, comedian, screenwriter and film producer
Johnny Lee (actor), American actor
Johnny Lee (singer), American country music singer
Johnnie Lewis (1946–2015), Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia
Johnny Lewis, American actor
Johnny Lozada, Puerto Rican singer, show host and actor
Johnnie Mae Young, full name of professional wrestler Mae Young
Johnny Mathis, American singer
Johnny Manziel, American football player
Johnny Mercer, American lyricist, songwriter and singer
Johnny Moeller, American guitarist
Johnny Moyal (born 1965), Israeli Olympic gymnast
Johnny Patterson (racing driver), NASCAR driver
Johnny Peacock, American baseball player
Johnny Peacock (American football), American football player
Johnny Rivers, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
Johnny Roeg (1910–2003), Dutch footballer, striker for Ajax
Johnny Rotten, British lead singer of the Punk Rock band the Sex Pistols
Johnny Seo, member of the K-pop group NCT
Johnny Sequoyah, American child actress
Johnny Simmons, American actor
Johnny Sims, American football player
Johnny Townsend (American football), American football player
Johnnie Walker (disambiguation), also includes Johnny and Jonny Walkers
Johnny Winter, American blues guitarist, singer, and record producer
Johnny Whitaker, American actor
Johnny Whitworth, American actor
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 Fiama, a character on The Muppet Show
Johnny Joestar, the lead character of Hirohiko Araki's manga series Steel Ball Run
Johnny Mnemonic, the title character of a book by William Gibson and of the film based on the book
"Johnny" Storm, the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four
The title character of Johnny Test, an American cartoon series
Johnny Utah, lead character in Point Break

Other uses

Onion Johnnies are Breton farmers and agricultural labourers who sell onions in Great Britain.

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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Other uses

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