Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Panayiotis 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 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Panayiotis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 308
- 308 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,391 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,391 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 388 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.
Panayiotis’s family of names
In English usage, Panayiotis has a related form in Panagiotis. In French usage, Panayiotis has a related form in PANAYOTIS. In English usage, Panayiotis has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Παναγιώτης.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Panayiotis has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Panayiotis
- Panayiotis PikrammenosGreek judge and Acting prime minister of Greece from 16 May to 20 June 2012born 1945
- Panayiotis KokorasGreek born classical contemporary music composerborn 1974
- Panayiotis DemetriouCypriot politicianborn 1939
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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