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Jiannis - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jiannis

[ syll. j-ian-nis, ji-ann-is ] The boy name Jiannis is pronounced as JHIYAAN-IHS KEY. Jiannis is used mostly in the Greek language and its language of origin is Hebrew. Jiannis is a variation of the English name John.

Jiannis is an infrequently used baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Jiannis, the English John was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Jiannis include the Hungarian Janika, the French Jean-Jacques, the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Johannes, the Scandinavian Jóhannes, the English Junius, the English Genesis, the Czech Janco, the Hungarian Jancsi, the Indian Janesh, the Slavic Janez, the Breton and French Janic, the Breton and French Janick, the Latvian and Lithuanian Janis, the Polish, Slavic, and Hungarian Janko, the Hungarian Jankó, the Breton and French Jannic, the Breton, French, and Scandinavian Jannick, the Breton, French, and Scandinavian Jannik, the Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, and Scandinavian Jannis, and the Hungarian Janos.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Jiannis: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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