Johnny (personal name)
| 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 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
- ^ 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