Jhonny

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jhonny is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name111K records spelled Jhonny14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, United States

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Jhönny, Jhönnÿ, Jhöňňý, Jhőnný, Jhõnnÿ

• French given name4.9K records spelled Jhonny4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written J̡̻̘̲̳̮̘͖̝̠̍̇̿̀͊̇̌̅͑̿h͚̺̹̪̻̗̱͉̺̄̊̍̅͐̂͌̀̕͝ͅò̢̨͖̼͚̤̯̙̣͉̇͋͌͊̇̽́͘͝ǹ͙̪̤̟̣̤͙̭͎̯̾́̃͗̈́͐̒̀͠ń̙̰̣̺͇͉̜̖̮͇̒́̓̇͋̇̇̇͝y̧̢̙̜̥͇͙͕̬͎̔͆̑̈̃̈̇͐͛͘, Jhönnÿ

• Swedish given name333 records spelled Jhonny8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Peru, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

  Also written Jhöññy, Jhönny

• Japanese given name206 records spelled Jhonny2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, Peru, United States, Bolivia

  Also written Jhóņňý

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 85 years between 1925–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jhonny Gonzálezb. 1981MXMexican boxer
• Jhonny Baldeónb. 1981ECEcuadorian association football player
• Jhonny Peraltab. 1982DOMajor League Baseball shortstop in the St. Louis Cardinals organization
• Johnny Acostab. 1983CRnot in their usual nameCosta Rican association football player
• Jhonny Perozob. 1985VEVenezuelan footballer (1985-2014)
• Jhonny Ríosb. 1985COColombian footballer
• Jhonny Arteagab. 1986COColombian footballer
• Jhonny Alexander Vásquezb. 1987COColombian association football player
• Jhonny da Silvab. 1991UYfootballer
• Jhonny Vidalesb. 1992PEPeruvian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 541 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jhonny?

We estimate roughly 37 thousand people bear Jhonny (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Jhonny have the most bearers?

Jhonny is most frequently recorded in Venezuela, where it is most often spelled jhonny.

Where is Jhonny most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jhonny is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 783 people — even though Venezuela holds more of our records for it.

How common is Jhonny compared with other names?

In Venezuela, Jhonny is the 173rd most common given name of 213,120 given names recorded there.

Is Jhonny a male or female name?

Jhonny is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.