Given name & surname
Yanis
“a gift of God”·“God is gracious”
Yanis is a variant of Yannis. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift of God.” Yanis is a variant of Yan. In Hebrew use, Yan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yanis is a variant of Yannis. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift of God.” Yanis is a variant of Yan. In Hebrew use, Yan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yanis is a variant of Yannis. An origin associated with Yannis is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yanis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 808
- 674 boys · 134 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 52
- #2,568 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +77%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 52 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,568 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 64.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 674 as a first name in 2020; 314 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yanis’s family of names
Yanis has a related form in Yan. Yanis has a related form in Yannis. In French usage, Yanis has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Γιάννης.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yanis
- Yanis BegraouiMoroccan and French footballerborn 2001
- Yanis DavidFrench triple jumper from Guadaloupeborn 1997
- Yanis LenneFrench handball playerborn 1996
- Yanis Mbombofootballerborn 1994
- Yanis KarabelyovBulgarian association football player (born 1996)
- Yanis RahmaniFrench association football playerborn 1995
- Yanis IssoufouFrench-Nigerien-Moroccan footballerborn 2006
- Yanis MerdjiAlgerian and French footballerborn 1993
- Yanis HamacheFrench association football playerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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