Johnny

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

People[]

Johnny[]

Johnny Adams (born 1932), American singer
Johnny Aba (born 1956), Papua New Guinean professional boxer
Johnny Abarrientos (born 1970), Filipino professional basketball player
Johnny Abbes García (1924–1967), 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 (1946–2021), American actor, singer and musician
Johnny Davis (born 1962), American kickboxer
Johnny Depp (born 1963), American actor, film producer, and musician
Johnny Diaz, American writer
Johnny Flynn, British musician, singer-songwriter and actor
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 Hooker (born 1987), Brazilian rock/MPB musician
Johnny Huggins (born 1976), American football player
Johnny Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
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 Naumu (1919–1982), American football player
Johnny Owen (1956-1980), Welsh boxer
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 Pemberton (born 1981), American actor and comedian
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 Suh, 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, 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 Crawfish, in the PBS preschool television series Noddy.
Johnny Crowder, in the television series Justified
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 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.

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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[Hanks-147-1] 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

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