Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Johnnie
/JON · ee/
Meaning
“God is gracious”
Pet form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan meaning 'God is gracious'; long used as both a masculine and feminine given name with working-class grit.
Nicknames
john
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Peaked mid-20th century; now feels retro but not yet fully revived.
The cultural moment.
Common in the United States from the 1920s through 1960s, steadily declining since.