Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ioannis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,400
- 1,400 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #3,796 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,796 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 2018. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,481 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ioannis’s family of names
In English usage, Ioannis shares an earlier linguistic root with GIANNIS. In German usage, Ioannis has a related form in Johannes. In English usage, Ioannis was borrowed from the Greek form Ιωάννης.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ioannis has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 73
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ιωάννηςsource · Greek
- Jackequivalent
- Johnequivalent
- Ianequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
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- Gianniequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
- Seanequivalent
- Johanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- Jeanequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Joaoequivalent
- Giannisdoublet · English
- Johannequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Yanniequivalent
- Yiannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yvanequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Giovanequivalent
- Jehanequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Hannesequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- Իվանequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Ἰωάννηςequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- Γιάγκοςequivalent
- Ivánequivalent
- Yankaequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
- Γιάννοςequivalent
- Yiangosequivalent
- Γιαννάκηςequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Jóhanequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Erwannequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Ioannequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
- Yannakisequivalent
And 13 more.
People named Ioannis
- John ChrysostomChurch father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)349–407
- John of DamascusChristian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
- Yanis VaroufakisGreek economist and politicianborn 1961
- John I TzimiskesByzantine emperor925–976
- John II KomnenosByzantine Emperor from 1118 to 11441087–1143
- Ioannis KapodistriasGreek statesman and diplomat (1776–1831)
- John VI KantakouzenosByzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)
- John V PalaiologosByzantine emperor1332–1391
- John VIII PalaiologosByzantine emperor1392–1448
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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