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Meaning of the nameJohny

Johny is a spelling of the name Jhony, which means “familiar form of John, 'God is gracious'”.

Meaning

“familiar form of John, 'God is gracious'”

Source: Wiktionary: Johny · Wiktionary: John

People (2022)
2,840
Rank in Brazil
#4,044
Median age
30 years
2010 Census
2,409
people

Johny in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Johny, 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 (1,059 people).

0 women 2,825 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 Johny is most common

States with the highest share of people named Johny in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Paraná 0.002%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. São Paulo 0.002%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.002%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7350.002%
Minas Gerais3540.002%
Rio de Janeiro2740.002%
Paraná2150.002%
Santa Catarina1460.002%
Ceará1120.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1100.001%
Goiás970.001%
Pará950.001%
Pernambuco900.001%
Bahia720.001%
Distrito Federal660.002%
Paraíba620.002%
Amazonas520.001%
Rio Grande do Norte480.002%
Mato Grosso470.001%
Espírito Santo450.001%
Maranhão430.001%
Alagoas420.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul370.001%
Piauí300.001%
Sergipe240.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Johny

It keeps the JOH of John, with a single N and a final Y; Wiktionary records it in English as a familiar form of John.

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

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jhony10,920
Jhonny10,088
Johnny9,553
Jonny3,561
Jony3,457
Joni2,969
Jhoni2,943
Johny2,840

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Johny · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: John · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jhony · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  4. Wiktionary: Johnny · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  5. Wiktionary: John · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Johny

What does the name Johny mean?

Johny means “familiar form of John, 'God is gracious'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Johny in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,840 people with the first name Johny, which ranks it number 4,044 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Johny a boy's or a girl's name?

Johny is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,825 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Johny?

Johny is a name of English and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Johny most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.002% of the state's population is named Johny (215 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Johny?

Jhony, Jhonny, Johnny, Jonny, Jony and Joni and others. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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