Meaning and origin
Johnny is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `God is Gracious`.
Where is it used? The name Johnny is mainly used in English.
How do they say it elsewhere? Evan (In Welsh and in English) Iefan (In Welsh) Ieuan (In Welsh) Ifan (In Welsh) Siôn (In Welsh) Jon (In Swedish and in Icelandic) Juan (In Spanish) Janez (In Slovene) Jovan (In Serbian) Ian (In Scottish and in English) Iain (In Scottish) Ivan (In Russian, Czech, Serbian and in Croatian) Ioann (In Russian) Ioan (In Romanian and in Bulgarian) João (In Portuguese) Iwan (In Polish) Ean (In Manx) Jonas (In Lithuanian) Janis (In Latvian) Eoin (In Irish and in Scottish) Sean (In Irish) János (In Hungarian) Keoni (In Hawaiian) Ioannes (In Greek) Yannis (In Greek) Ioannis (In Greek) Johannes (In German, Dutch, Scandinavian and in Late Roman) Xoán (In Galician) Jani (In Finnish and in Hungarian) Hannu (In Finnish) Juha (In Finnish) Juhana (In Finnish) Juhani (In Finnish) Joni (In Finnish) Jouni (In Finnish) Jussi (In Finnish) Jukka (In Finnish) Juho (In Finnish) Johano (In Esperanto) Jonny (In English) Jan (In Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech and in Polish) Jens (In Danish) Jowan (In Cornish) Joan (In Catalan) Yann (In Breton and in French) Yehochanan (In the bible (Original)) Ion (In Basque and in Romanian)
For the opposite sex use: In Romanian and in Bulgarian: Ioana (F) In Romanian: Ionela (F) In Italian: Giovanna (F) In English: Jonelle (F) In English: Jan (F) In English: Johnnie (B) In English: Jonie (F) In Dutch, Polish and in Czech: Jana (F)
See also In Romanian: Ionel (M) In Romanian: Iancu (M) In Norwegian and in English: Jonette (F) In Esperanto: Jochjo (M) In English and in the bible: John (M) In English: Johnie (M) In English: Hank (M) In English: Jack (M)
Extra information: From Old English.
What Johnny`s say about their name
The best thing about the name Johnny: They are lovable all the time
The worst thing about the name: People always hate them for who they are
If my name wasn`t Johnny....:
Johnny appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 241. In the last 128 years Johnny has occupied a spot in the top 1000 without interruptions. The name reached the top-100 4 times. 1950 was a `top year` for the name Johnny. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #50. Our records go back to 1880