Johnny
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| 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 a hypocorism (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-?), governmental intelligence office chief during the Dominican Republic Rafael Trujillo dictatorship
- Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician
- Johnny Abrego, former Major League Baseball Chicago Cubs starting pitcher
- 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, retired American professional wrestler and senior producer
- Johnny Adair ("Mad Dog"), Ulster loyalist, former "C Company" leader, 2nd Battalion Shankill Road, and "Ulster Freedom Fighters" (UFF) West Belfast Brigade
- John Adriano Acea (1917–1963), American jazz pianist
- Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer nurseryman
- Johnny Archer, American professional pool player
- Johnny Bench, professional MLB Cincinnati Reds catcher
- Johnny Yong Bosch, actor and martial artist
- 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 best known for defending O. J. Simpson at his murder trial
- Johnny Cochrane, Scottish football manager from 1916 to 1939
- 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 Gilbert, American TV personality
- Johnny Gioeli, American singer-songwriter, vocalist of Axel Rudi Peli, Hardline and Crush 40
- Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
- Johnny Huggins (born 1976), American football player
- Johnnie Bryan Hunt (1927-2006), American entrepreneur, founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the largest publicly owned trucking company in the US
- 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
- 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 Peacock, American baseball player
- Johnny Peacock (American football), American football player
- Johnny Rivers, American Rock 'n' Roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
- Johnny Rotten, British lead singer for the Punk Rock band the Sex Pistols
- Johnny Sequoyah, American child actress
- Johnny Simmons, American actor
- Johnny Sims, 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 5, the robot star of the Short Circuit films
- Johnny Blaze, alternate identity of Ghost Rider, a comic book character
- the title character of Johnny Bravo, an American cartoon series
- 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
- the title character of the films Johnny English (2003) and Johnny English Reborn (2011), played by Rowan Atkinson
- Johnny Fiama, a Muppet crooner who is a parody of Frank Sinatra
- "Johnny" Storm, the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four
- the title character of Johnny Test, an American cartoon series
- Johnny, the lead character in the film The Room
- Johnny C., the title character of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, a comic book by Jhonen Vasquez
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
See also
- Alternate forms for the name John
- Jonny
- Jhonny (disambiguation)
- Seonaidh, a water spirit on Lewis, Outer Hebrides in Scotland, UK
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