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Panayotis

“most holy”

Panayotis is a masculine given name from Greek. It is used in French.

Original GreekΠαναγιώτης

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Panayotis goes back to Greek Παναγιώτης, meaning “most holy.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Panayotis comes from Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Greek Παναγιώτης.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Panayotis through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2003
5 babies
2025
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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01232025Highest share 20030.0
Panayotis in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2003–2025, 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

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2003. 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.

Panayotis’s family of names

In English usage, Panayotis has a related form in Panagiotis. In French usage, Panayotis has a related form in PANAYIOTIS. In French usage, Panayotis has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Παναγιώτης.

Walk Panayotis’s family in the name graph

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Around the world

Panayotis has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient Greek

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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 Panayotis

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