What does the name Johny mean?

Johny means "Kerala Christian form of John, God is gracious". It is a boy's name of Malayalam origin.

Johny

Johny means Kerala Christian form of John, God is gracious.

Gender	boy
Origin	Malayalam
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	J

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Kerala Christian form of John, God is gracious”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Eapen — Kerala Christian form of John, God is gracious
Yohannan — God is gracious, Kerala form of John
Aanya — Inexhaustible, gracious
Vanya — God is gracious, forest
Ivaan — God is gracious, young warrior
Jincy — God is gracious, popular Kerala Christian name

More boys' names of Malayalam origin

Ayyappan — Lord Ayyappa, divine son of Shiva and Vishnu
Mohammed — Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name
Mathew — Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name
Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
Sreejith — Victorious

Where this comes from

Johny has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.