Given name · also French
Yannick
“God is gracious”
Yannick is a variant of Yan. In Hebrew use, Yan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Original FrenchYanick
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yannick is a variant of Yan. In Hebrew use, Yan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yannick comes from French, and ultimately from Breton.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In French usage, Yannick is a diminutive of Yann. In English usage, Yannick developed from Yannig.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yannick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,073
- 1,073 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #5,197 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,197 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 42.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,624 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.
Yannick’s family of names
In French usage, Yannick is a diminutive of Yann. In English usage, Yannick developed from the Breton form Yannig. Yannick has a related form in Yan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yannick has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Breton roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Yannfull form · French, German
- Johannesvariant · German
- Yanvariant
- Jannikvariant · German, Swedish
- Yannikvariant · German
- Yannicvariant · German
- Yanneckvariant · German
- Yannickjesdiminutive · Dutch
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Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- YanickFrench, Breton
- YanicFrench, Breton
- JanekPolish
- Janickequivalent
- Janicequivalent
- Yanikequivalent
- JannickDanish
- Janikequivalent
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People named Yannick
- Yannick CarrascoBelgian association football player (born 1993)
- Yannick NoahFrench tennis player and pop singerborn 1960
- Yannick Bolasiekonžský fotbalista (DRC)born 1989
- Yannick AgnelFrench swimmerborn 1992
- Yannick StopyraFrench association football playerborn 1961
- Yannick GerhardtGerman footballerborn 1994
- Yannick BissonCanadian film and television actorborn 1969
- Yannick JadotFrench environmentalist and politician (born 1967)
- Yannick BorelFrench fencerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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