THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Johnson
Johnson is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Johnson.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ˈd͡ʒɑnsən/General-American
- /ˈd͡ʒɒnsən/Received-Pronunciation
- /dʑɔnsɔn/Bangladesh
Spanish
- /ˈʝonson/
- [ˈɟ͡ʝõn.sõn]
- /ˈʃonson/
- [ˈʃõn.sõn]
- /ˈʒonson/
- [ˈʒõn.sõn]
John · son2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Johnson.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Johnson (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
A patronymic surname from John + -son, literally “son of John”. In the U.S. the name Johnson has been adopted by numerous European immigrant families originally named Johansson, Johnsson, Johansen, Jonsson, etc. Doublet of Johansson, Johansen, Jansen, and Hansen.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary: Johnson (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Unadapted borrowing from English Johnson.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Johnson (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Johnson in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Johnson
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Anson♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Benson·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jackson♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jason♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Jayson♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Jelson♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Jerson♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jilson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Johnson?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Johnson
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Johnson (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Johnson (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Johnson (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.