Yiannis - Meaning of Yiannis

What does Yiannis mean?

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Yiannis

[ 2 syll. y-ian-nis, yi-ann-is ] The baby boy name Yiannis is pronounced YAA-Niy-Z †. Yiannis' language of origin is Hebrew and Old Greek, and it is predominantly used in the Greek language.

In addition, Yiannis is a derivative (Greek) of the English and Hebrew John.

Yiannis is also a derivative of the Greek, Breton, and Dutch Yanni.

Derivatives of Yiannis include the name Ioannis, the name Yani, the name Yannakis, and the Greek Yannis.

The origin and meaning of the name Yiannis is inherited by all variant forms.

See also the related categories, greek and hebrew.

Yiannis is an unusual baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2018, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Yiannis, John was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Yiannis include Yamqui, Yana, Yancee, Yancey, Yanci, Yancie, Yancy, Yanick, Yanik, Yanis, Yanka, Yankee, Yankey, Yanko, Yanky, Yannic, Yannick, Yannik, Yannis, and Yengee.

† English pronunciation for Yiannis: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"