Johnny-come-lately

A newcomer or late arrival to a group or activity. The rest of the staff wasn't too fond of Greg, a Johnny-come-lately who received praise from the manager after just one week on the job. Hurry up, Johnny-come-lately, we've already started today's drills!

Johnny-come-lately

A newcomer, as in She may be a Johnny-come-lately on the board, but she's doing a fine job with publicity. [1830s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nnamdi	-	Western African, Igbo
AndĚL	-	Czech
Godehard	-	Ancient Germanic
Pemphero	pem-PAY-ro	Southern African, Chewa
Kajus	-	Lithuanian
Arne (1)	AHR-ne (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish