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Girl or boy · English pet form of a Hebrew name
Johnnie
Say it: JON-ee
Meaning
A pet form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan 'God is gracious'; used as a full name for boys and girls.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in the US from the 1880s, often in the South.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 150,727 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1910, about 1 in 387 boys
- 108 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Johnny
Famous bearers
- Johnnie Taylor, American soul singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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