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Yanis - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Yanis
 
 


The boy name Yanis [ syll. ya-nis, yan-is ] is pronounced YAENahS KEY. Yanis is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in the Greek language. Yanis is a variant form of the English John. Yanis is a variant spelling of the Greek Yannis.

Yanis is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Yanis, the English John was the most widely used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Yanis include the Breton and French Yanick, the Breton and French Yanik, the Breton and French Yannic, the Breton and French Yannick, the Greek Yannis, the English and German Janus, and the Polish Janusz.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Yanis: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


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