Johnny - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Johnny \jo(hn)-ny\ is a variant of John (Hebrew), and the meaning of Johnny is "God's grace". See also Gian.

The baby name Johnny sounds like Johnn and Jonny. Other similar baby names are Ronny, Lonny, Donny, Johnnie, Johnie, Johon, Johann, Johan, Jonn, Johnte, Johntay, Jovany, Jovanny and Sonny.

Johnny is a very common first name for men (#97 out of 1220) and a slightly less common last name for both men and women (#56473 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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