Given name

Jiannis

Jiannis is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Jiannis isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jiannis through the years

Babies since 1880
40
40 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2021
11 babies
2025
9
#8,551 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
024682025Highest share 20215.3
Jiannis in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2020–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,551 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Jiannis’s family of names

In German usage, Jiannis has a related form in Jannis.

Walk Jiannis’s family in the name graph

JiannisJannis

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Jiannis, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Jaehaerys

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Jamarris

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Jarvin

11Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Jasir

“one who is fearless”

37RareRising

>99% boys

Modern

Jahzeir

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Jakhari

37RareRising fast

97% boys · 3% girls

Modern

Jedikiah

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Xylus

17Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Jiannis’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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