Given name & surname
Jannis
Jannis is a given name from Greek. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jannis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 410
- 0 boys · 410 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 25 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 girls is 8 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 510 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.
Jannis’s family of names
Jannis has a related form in Janis. In German usage, Jannis has a related form in Yannis. In German usage, Jannis has a related form in Yiannis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jannis
- Jannis KounellisGreek painter, sculptor and professor of arts (1936–2017)
- Jannis NiewöhnerGerman actor (born 1992)
- Jannis BäckerGerman bobsledderborn 1985
- Jannis ZamanduridisOlympic wrestlerborn 1966
- Jannis Nikolaouassociation football playerborn 1993
- Jannis HeuerGerman association football playerborn 1999
- Jannis PeterGerman cyclistborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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