There are 21 -nis names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are -nis names 1 to 20. Dennis was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by Adonis, which is used in English and Greek. The unusual -nis names are Andonis (Greek), Anis (Arabic), Dainis (Latvian and Russian), Denis (English, French, Irish, and Russian), Dinis (Portuguese), Dionis (Spanish), Enis (Arabic and Turkish), Giannis (Greek), Ioannis (Greek), Janis (Latvian and Lithuanian), Jannis (Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, and Scandinavian), Jiannis (Greek), Teunis (Dutch), Tonis (Greek), Tõnis (Estonian), Yanis (Greek), Yannis (Greek), and Yiannis (Greek). -nis names are somewhat popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1946, 1.327% of baby boys were given -nis names. There were 2 -nis names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. -nis names have since experienced a steep decline in frequency, and are of only occasional use now. In 2008, 2 -nis names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.050%. Within all -nis names, the Dutch, English, French, and German Dennis was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #370 and a usage of 0.0381%.
Adonis  854 | lord, ruler ... used predominantly in the English and ... was the handsome youth who became the ... |
| Andonis | priceless, inestimable ... largely used in the Greek language and ... variation of Anthony ... |
| Anis | friendly ... used predominantly in the Arabic language ... not regularly used as a baby name for ... |
| Dainis | follower of Dionysos ... used chiefly in Latvian and Russian ... Its origin is Old Greek ... variant of Dennis ... |
Denis  | follower of Dionysos ... mainly used in English, French, Irish, ... of Old Greek origin ... |
Dennis  370 | follower of Dionysos ... used predominantly in the Dutch, ... was the god of wine and poetic ... |
| Dinis | follower of Dionysos ... language of origin is Old Greek and it is used ... variation of Dennis ... |
| Dionis | follower of Dionysos ... has its origins in the Old Greek language ... variation of Dennis ... |
| Enis | friend ... has its origins in the Turkish language, and ... not popular as a baby name for boys ... |
| Giannis | Yahweh is gracious, ... primarily used in the Greek language ... form of John ... rare as a baby boy name ... |
| Ioannis | Yahweh is gracious, ... a Greek name of Hebrew origin ... variant form of John ... uncommon as a baby boy name ... |
| Janis | Yahweh is gracious, ... largely used in the Latvian and ... variant of John ... |
| Jannis | Yahweh is gracious, ... primarily used in Dutch, Estonian, ... variant form of John ... |
| Jiannis | Yahweh is gracious, ... used mostly in the Greek language and ... variation of John ... |
| Teunis | priceless, inestimable ... language of origin is Latin and it is used ... form of Anthony ... |
| Tonis | priceless, inestimable ... origin is Latin, and its use, Greek ... variant form of Anthony ... |
| Tõnis | priceless, inestimable ... mainly used in Estonian and it is of Latin ... variant form of Anthony ... |
| Yanis | Yahweh is gracious, ... of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly ... variant form of John ... |
| Yannis | Yahweh is gracious, ... language of origin is Hebrew and it is used ... variant of John ... |
| Yiannis | Yahweh is gracious, ... language of origin is Hebrew and it is ... variant form of John ... |
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