Boy · English pet form of a Hebrew name
Johnny
Say it: JON-ee
Meaning
A pet form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan 'God is gracious'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common as a full name in the US throughout the 1900s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1940s
In the United States
- 317,963 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1945, about 1 in 236 boys
- 791 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Johnnie, Jonny
Famous bearers
- Johnny Cash, American 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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