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

Johnny is an English language masculine and feminine personal name (or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is usually a hypocorism (affectionate diminutive) of the masculine given name John, but since the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name itself, for both males and females.

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

See also

  • Seonaidh, a water spirit on Lewis, Outer Hebrides in Scotland, UK

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