Johny

Where Johny comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Johny.

  • Vowel-ended
Johny through the years
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #917 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Peak, #699
    12 babies named Johny, its best rank.
  3. 1908
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,217.
  4. 1964
    Johny Srouji born
    Arab Israeli computer scientist
  5. 1983
    Johny Hendricks born
    American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name John.
Namesakes
  • Johny Hendricks · American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist, born 1983
  • Johny Srouji · Arab Israeli computer scientist, born 1964
  • Johny Léonard · Luxemburgian footballer, born 1941
  • Johny Asadoma · Indonesian boxer, born 1966
  • Johny Goedert · Luxembourgish bicycle racer, 1929–2013

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.