Given name
Ioanis
“God is gracious”
In Russian use, Ioanis carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Russian use, Ioanis carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
Ioanis is used as a form of John.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ioanis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ioanis’s family of names
Ioanis is a form of John. Ioanis has a related form in Ioan. Ioanis has a related form in Ioane.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ioanevariant
- Ioanvariant
- Ioanessvariant
- Ioanesvariant
- Iohanyssvariant
- Iohanissvariant
- Iohanysvariant
- Iohanisvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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