Johnny

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 but most common with men.

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

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

Johnny or Johnnie may refer to:

People

Johnny

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)
  • 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, 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 Fedora, a character in the Make Mine Music short Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
  • 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 Tightlips, a mafia member in the television series The Simpsons
  • Johnny Utah, lead character in Point Break
  • Johnny J. Worthington III, president of Roar Omega Roar in the Pixar media franchise Monsters, Inc.

Other uses
  • Onion Johnnies are Breton farmers and agricultural labourers who sell onions in Great Britain.
  • Johnny B. Goode, a song by Chuck Berry
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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

See also
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