Giannis: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “God is gracious”
- Origin
- Greek
- Say it
- YAH-nees · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (97% of all uses)
Giannis is the Modern Greek form of John, from Greek Ioannis and ultimately Hebrew Yochanan. A well-known bearer is basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo.
How popular is Giannis?
Babies named Giannis in 2024129
2024 rank#1,486 boys
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 1880979
Giannis is rising: use over the last five years is 95.7× what it was a decade earlier.
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Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Giannis questions
What does the name Giannis mean?
Giannis means "God is gracious". It comes from Greek. Giannis is the Modern Greek form of John, from Greek Ioannis and ultimately Hebrew Yochanan. A well-known bearer is basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Is Giannis a boy or girl name?
Giannis is mainly a boy's name in US records (97% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Giannis?
129 US babies were named Giannis in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Giannis?
Giannis is usually pronounced YAH-nees.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.