Jonny
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, an alternative spelling of Johnny.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jonny (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jonny has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 11 |
| 1999 | 13 |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 11 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 49 | 6,379 |
| 2000 | 43 | 6,396 |
| 2001 | 40 | 6,399 |
| 2002 | 37 | 6,431 |
| 2003 | 34 | 6,490 |
| 2004 | 31 | 6,508 |
| 2005 | 25 | 6,469 |
| 2006 | 23 | 6,469 |
| 2007 | 21 | 6,454 |
| 2008 | 20 | 6,459 |
| 2009 | 21 | 6,418 |
| 2010 | 19 | 6,383 |
| 2011 | 18 | 6,363 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,312 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,283 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,251 |
| 2015 | 11 | 6,202 |
| 2016 | 10 | 6,164 |
| 2017 | – | 6,108 |
| 2018 | – | 6,054 |
| 2019 | – | 5,997 |
| 2020 | – | 5,954 |
Jonny in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jonny.Hi! My name is Jonny.
- Jonny bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Jonny lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Jonny i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Jonny this afternoon.
- Jonnys mamma är lärare.Jonny's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jonnys mamma is Jonny's mum.
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Questions about Jonny
How do you pronounce Jonny in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jonny from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jonny mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, an alternative spelling of Johnny.
How popular is Jonny in Sweden?
3 babies were named Jonny in 2022. In 2020, 5,954 people in Sweden had Jonny as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1999 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.