Given name & surname
Yanni
“God is gracious”·“a gift of God”
Yanni is a variant of Yan. In Hebrew use, Yan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Yanni is a variant of Yannis. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yanni is a variant of Yan. In Hebrew use, Yan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Yanni is a variant of Yannis. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yanni 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 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yanni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,061
- 781 boys · 280 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #5,594 for boys · #10,888 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,594 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 1998. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,398 as a first name in 2020; 846 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.
Yanni’s family of names
In Breton usage, Yanni has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean. Yanni has a related form in Yan. In German usage, Yanni has a related form in Johannes.
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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 37
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- Johnequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
- Johanequivalent
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- JeanFrench
- Jonequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Giannisequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Yiannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Iwoequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
People named Yanni
- Yanni GourdeCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1991
- Yanni RegäselGerman footballerborn 1996
- Yanni WetzellNew Zealand basketball player (born 1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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