Johnny

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Johnny
Language(s)
Johni, Jhonny, Johny, Juanito
See alsoSeonaidh

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

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

Notable people and characters named Johnny or Johnnie include:

People

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Fictional characters

  • Johnny, a recurring character in the video game series
    Metal Gear Solid
  • Johnny, the lead character in the film The Room
  • Johnny, a Nomu character in the manga and anime series My Hero Academia
  • Johnny, a character in the British comic book series
    Kingsman: The Red Diamond
  • Johnny 5
    , the robot star of the Short Circuit films
  • Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), alternate identity of Ghost Rider, a comic book character
  • The title character of Johnny Bravo, an American cartoon series
  • Johnny C., the title character of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, a comic book by Jhonen Vasquez
  • Johnny Cade
    , in S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders and the 1983 film of the same name
  • Johnny Cage, from the Mortal Kombat video game series
  • Johnny Castle, a lead character in the 1980s film Dirty Dancing
  • Johnny Connor, in the British television series Coronation Street
  • Johnny Crowder, in the television series Justified
  • Johnny Crunch, a character in the 1999 film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
  • The title character of the films Johnny English (2003) and Johnny English Reborn (2011), played by Rowan Atkinson
  • Johnny Fedora, in the Make Mine Music short Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
  • Johnny Fiama
    , on The Muppet Show
  • The title character of the film Johnny Guitar
  • Johnny Joestar, the lead character of Hirohiko Araki's manga series Steel Ball Run
  • Johnny Kelly, the lead character of the 1984 film Johnny Dangerously
  • Johnny Kapahaala, the lead character from the Disney Channel television film Johnny Tsunami
  • Johnny Klebitz
    , the main character from the video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And Damned
  • Johnny Lawrence, in the film The Karate Kid and the Netflix series Cobra Kai
  • Johnny Mnemonic, the title character of a book by William Gibson and of the film based on the book
  • Johnny Punk, an animatronic sold by Spirit Halloween for the 2020 Halloween season
  • Johnny Silverhand, in the video game Cyberpunk 2077
  • Johnny Snowman, a friend of Daisy in the Nick Jr. series Oswald
  • "Johnny" Storm, the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four
  • The title character of Johnny Test, a Canadian cartoon series
  • Johnny Tightlips, a mafia member in the FOX animated television series The Simpsons
  • Johnny Utah, lead character in Point Break
  • Johnny J. Worthington III, in the Pixar media franchise Monsters, Inc.
  • Johnnie, a character first appeared in the episode "Bad Timing" of the animated series Adventure Time

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
  2. ^ Robertson, Boyd; Taylor, Iain (2003), Teach Yourself Gaelic, Teach Yourself, pp. 340–341
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