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Yanis - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Yanis

[ 2 syll. ya-nis, yan-is ] The boy name Yanis 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 also 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 2008.

Baby names that sound like Yanis include the English Yancey, the English Yancy, the Breton and French Yanick, the Breton and French Yanik, the Russian Yanka, the Slavic Yanko, the Breton and French Yannic, the Breton and French Yannick, the Breton and French Yannik, the Greek Yannis, the Greek Yiannis, the Arabic Yunis, the Turkish Yunus, the Indian Janak, the Czech and Polish Janek, the Breton, Czech, French, and Polish Janik, the German Janosch, the Polish Janusz, the Chinese Yang, and the Chinese Yong.

KEY: 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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