Meaning of the nameJhonny
- Male
- Jhon-ny
Jhonny is a spelling of the name Jhony.
Meaning
The meaning of Jhonny is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 10,088
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,704
- Median age
- 25 years
- 2010 Census
- 6,311
- people
Jhonny in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jhonny, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (3,141 people).
64 women 10,024 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Jhonny is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jhonny in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Roraima 0.019%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.010%
- Amazonas 0.008%
- Paraná 0.007%
- Distrito Federal 0.007%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 2,650 | 0.006% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 944 | 0.006% |
| Minas Gerais | 803 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 782 | 0.007% |
| Pará | 518 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 382 | 0.004% |
| Goiás | 348 | 0.005% |
| Maranhão | 332 | 0.005% |
| Santa Catarina | 326 | 0.004% |
| Bahia | 325 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 298 | 0.008% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 265 | 0.010% |
| Mato Grosso | 238 | 0.007% |
| Ceará | 229 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 225 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 188 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 180 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 172 | 0.006% |
| Paraíba | 167 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 141 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 135 | 0.006% |
| Roraima | 121 | 0.019% |
| Piauí | 83 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 83 | 0.005% |
| Amapá | 77 | 0.011% |
| Tocantins | 44 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 32 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Jhonny
It combines the H after the J with the double NN of the English spelling Johnny; proportionally, it is most common in Roraima.
About the name Jhony
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Johnny, Jhonny, Johny, Jonny, Jhoni, Joni and Jony among the spelling variants of Jhony. Johnny, according to Wiktionary, is John plus the suffix -y, and John comes from Biblical Hebrew Yôḥānān, perhaps contracted from Yəhōḥānān, 'God is gracious'. The origin of the spelling Jhony, with an H after the J, is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,920 people named Jhony, the most common spelling of the group, with a median age of 26. The name is almost always male, and most of the people recorded were born in the 1980s and 1990s.
Other spellings of Jhony
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jhony · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Wiktionary: Johnny · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: John · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Jhonny
What does the name Jhonny mean?
The meaning of Jhonny is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Jhonny in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,088 people with the first name Jhonny, which ranks it number 1,704 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Jhonny a boy's or a girl's name?
Jhonny is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 64 women and 10,024 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Jhonny most common?
Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.019% of the state's population is named Jhonny (121 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Jhonny?
Jhony, Johnny, Jonny, Jony, Joni and Jhoni and others. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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