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
Nymphodora	-	Ancient Greek
Malalai	-	Pashto
Gavri'el	-	Biblical Hebrew
Kit	[kit]
Marita (2)	-	Swedish, Norwegian
Edweena	ed-WEEN-a	English (Rare)