Johnny

Johnny
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	English
Word/name	John
Other names
Variant form(s)	Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni, Johni, Johny, Jhonny, Johonny
See also	Seonaidh

Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually a hypocorism (affectionate diminutive) of the masculine given name John, but since the 16th century, it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for both males and females.

Variant forms of Johnny include: Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni, Johni and Johny .^[1] The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as Seonaidh.^[2]

Johnny or Johnnie may refer to:

People

• Johnny Aba, 1970s/80s Papua New Guinean professional boxer
• Johnny Abarrientos, Filipino professional basketball player
• Johnny Abbes García (1924-?), governmental intelligence office chief during the Dominican Republic Rafael Trujillo dictatorship
• Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician
• Johnny Abrego, former Major League Baseball Chicago Cubs starting pitcher
• Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American rhythm and blues singer
• Johnny Ace Palmer, award-winning American close-up magician
• John Laurinaitis, also known as Johnny Ace, retired American professional wrestler and senior producer
• Johnny Adair ("Mad Dog"), Ulster loyalist, former "C Company" leader, 2nd Battalion Shankill Road, and "Ulster Freedom Fighters" (UFF) West Belfast Brigade
• John Adriano Acea (1917–1963), American jazz pianist
• Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer nurseryman
• Johnny Archer, American professional pool player
• Johnny Bench, professional MLB Cincinnati Reds catcher
• Johnny Yong Bosch, actor and martial artist
• Johnny Bristol (1939–2004), American musician
• Johnny Burke (lyricist), American lyricist
• Johnnie Carr (1911-2008), American civil rights leader
• Johnny Carson, American talk show host
• Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter and actor
• Johnny Chakravarthy, Indian actor
• Johnnie Cochran (1937-2005), American lawyer best known for defending O. J. Simpson at his murder trial
• Johnny Cochrane, Scottish football manager from 1916 to 1939
• Johnny Cook (Canadian football), American football player
• Johnny Crawford, American actor, singer and musician
• Johnny Davis, American kickboxer
• Johnny Depp, American actor, film producer, and musician
• Johnny Galecki, American actor
• Johnny Gilbert, American TV personality
• Johnny Gioeli, American singer-songwriter, vocalist of Axel Rudi Peli, Hardline and Crush 40
• Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
• Johnny Huggins (born 1976), American football player
• Johnnie Bryan Hunt (1927-2006), American entrepreneur, founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, the largest publicly owned trucking company in the US
• Johnnie Johnson (disambiguation)
• Johnny Johnson (disambiguation)
• Johnny Karras, American football player
• Johnny Kemp (1959-2015), Bahamian musician
• Johnny Knoxville, American actor, daredevil, comedian, screenwriter and film producer
• Johnny Lee (actor), American actor
• Johnny Lee (singer), American country music singer
• Johnnie Lewis (1946–2015), Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia
• Johnny Lewis, American actor
• Johnny Lozada, Puerto Rican singer, show host and actor
• Johnny Mathis, American singer
• Johnny Manziel, American football player
• Johnny Mercer, American lyricist, songwriter and singer
• Johnny Moeller, American guitarist
• Johnny Moyal (born 1965), Israeli Olympic gymnast
• Johnny Peacock, American baseball player
• Johnny Peacock (American football), American football player
• Johnny Rivers, American Rock 'n' Roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
• Johnny Rotten, British lead singer for the Punk Rock band the Sex Pistols
• Johnny Sequoyah, American child actress
• Johnny Simmons, American actor
• Johnny Sims, American football player
• Johnnie Walker (disambiguation), also includes Johnny and Jonny Walkers
• Johnny Winter, American blues guitarist, singer, and record producer
• Johnny Whitaker, American actor
• Johnny Whitworth, American actor
• Johnnie Wright (1914-2011), American country music singer and songwriter, half of the duo Johnnie & Jack

Fictional characters

• Johnny 5, the robot star of the Short Circuit films
• Johnny Blaze, alternate identity of Ghost Rider, a comic book character
• the title character of Johnny Bravo, an American cartoon series
• Johnny Cade, character in S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders and the 1983 film of the same name
• Johnny Cage, from the Mortal Kombat videogame series
• the title character of the films Johnny English (2003) and Johnny English Reborn (2011), played by Rowan Atkinson
• Johnny Fiama, a Muppet crooner who is a parody of Frank Sinatra
• "Johnny" Storm, the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four
• the title character of Johnny Test, an American cartoon series
• Johnny, the lead character in the film The Room
• Johnny C., the title character of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, a comic book by Jhonen Vasquez

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 146, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
2. Robertson, Boyd; Taylor, Iain (2003), Teach Yourself Gaelic, Teach Yourself, pp. 340–341

See also

• Alternate forms for the name John
• Jonny
• Jhonny (disambiguation)
• Seonaidh, a water spirit on Lewis, Outer Hebrides in Scotland, UK