Given name
Jonnie
“God is gracious”
Jonnie is a variant of Johnna. In English use, Johnna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jonnie is a variant of Johnna. In English use, Johnna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jonnie is a diminutive of Johan. Johan comes from Dutch.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Afrikaans usage, Jonnie is a diminutive of Johan.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jonnie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,061
- 3,181 boys · 5,880 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 186 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #6,969 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 12% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,969 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 136 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,322 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.
Jonnie’s family of names
In Afrikaans usage, Jonnie is a diminutive of Johan. Jonnie has a related form in John. In Afrikaans usage, Jonnie has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Johnny.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jonnie
- Jonnie PeacockBritish para athletics competitorborn 1993
- Jonnie BoerDutch chef1965–2025
- Jonnie NewmanCanadian artistic swimmerborn 2006
- Jonnie FedelSwedish footballerborn 1966
- Jonnie IrwinEnglish television presenter (1973–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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