Given name & surname
Jonni
“God is gracious”
Jonni is a variant of Johnna. In English use, Johnna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jonni is a variant of Johnna. In English use, Johnna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Icelandic usage, Jonni is an affectionate form of Jón. In Finnish usage, Jonni developed from John.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jonni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,298
- 5 boys · 1,293 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,160 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jonni’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Jonni is an affectionate form of Jón. In Finnish usage, Jonni developed from the English form John. Jonni has a related form in Johnna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jonni
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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