Meaning of name Johnny

The name Johnny has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Johnny is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 241 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Johnny fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 11 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 257 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Johnny in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Johnny is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name John. See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name John.

The following names are baby names related to Johnny and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Johnny: Boys - Doron, Eliezer, Elliot, Elza, Hosea, Hosie, Jeromy, Matteo, Nissan, Nissim, Oris, Yehuda, Yehudi, Girls - Eliana, Marilou, Sarai, Sariah, Zilpah, Zilpha, Both genders - Dagen, Eden, Jaiden

The name Johnny is a variant of John. Other popular variants of the name John are: Jahn, Jhan, Jhon, Jian, Jianni, Joao, Joen, Johan (Hebrew), Johann, Johannes, Johne, Johnee, Johnie, Johnn, Johnnie, Johnny, Johnson, Johntay, Johnte, Jona, Jones, Jonn, Jonni, Jonnie, Jonny (Nickname), Jontae, Jonte, Jontell, Jontez, Jovanney, Jovanni (Italian), Jovonni, Juwan

We think the name Johnny should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Johnny to be: Intelligent and well groomed chap

In one word, you might describe Johnny as a(n) "well-groomed" person.

See other "well-groomed" names for boys.