Given name & surname
Yiannis
“God is gracious”
Yiannis is a variant of Yan. In Hebrew use, Yan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yiannis is a variant of Yan. In Hebrew use, Yan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
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
Yiannis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 400
- 400 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,534 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +60%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,534 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 59.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 350 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.
Yiannis’s family of names
Yiannis has a related form in Yan. In German usage, Yiannis has a related form in Johannes. In German usage, Yiannis has a related form in Jannis.
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 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- Johnequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
- Johanequivalent
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- Jeanequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Giannisequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Yanniequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Iwoequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
People named Yiannis
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.