Jonny

Where Jonny comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jonny.

  • Vowel-ended
Jonny through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1919
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1967
    Peak, #1,087
    46 babies named Jonny, its best rank.
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,966.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Johnny
  • A diminutive of the male given name Jonathan.
Namesakes

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