# Yannis

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**Yannis**, **Yiannis**, or **Giannis** (/ˈjɑːnɪs/ YAHN-is; Greek: Γιάννης ˈʝanis) is a common [Greek](/source/Greece) given name, a variant of *[John](/source/John_(given_name))* (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as [Ioannis](/source/Ioannis) (Ιωάννης). Variants include *Yannis* (Also Janni), *Iannis*, *Yannakis*, *Yanis*, and the rare *Yannos*, usually found in the [Peloponnese](/source/Peloponnese) and [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus).

Feminine forms are Γιάννα ([Yianna](/source/Yianna_(disambiguation)), [Gianna](/source/Gianna)) and Ιωάννα ([Ioanna](/source/Ioanna)) which is the formal variant used in formal/government documents.

**Yannis** may refer to:

- [Abu'l-Fath Yanis](/source/Abu'l-Fath_Yanis), Fatimid vizier
- [Ioannis Amanatidis](/source/Ioannis_Amanatidis), Greek footballer
- [Yannis Anastasiou](/source/Yannis_Anastasiou), Greek footballer
- [Yiannis Andrianopoulos](/source/Yiannis_Andrianopoulos), Greek footballer
- [Giannis Antetokounmpo](/source/Giannis_Antetokounmpo), Greek-Nigerian basketball player
- [Giannis Apostolidis](/source/Giannis_Apostolidis), Greek footballer
- [Yiannis Arabatzis](/source/Yiannis_Arabatzis), Greek goalkeeper
- [Yannis Bakos](/source/Yannis_Bakos), economist
- [Ioannis Banias](/source/Ioannis_Banias) (1939–2012), Greek politician
- [Yannis Behrakis](/source/Yannis_Behrakis), Greek photojournalist
- [Giannis Bezos](/source/Giannis_Bezos), Greek actor and director
- [Yiannis Bourousis](/source/Yiannis_Bourousis), Greek basketball player
- [Yannis Brown](/source/Yannis_Brown), composer
- [Yiannis Carras](/source/Yiannis_Carras), Greek shipping magnate
- [Giannis Chondrogiannis](/source/Giannis_Chondrogiannis), Greek politician
- [Jani Christou](/source/Jani_Christou), Greek composer
- [Giannis Chrysafis](/source/Giannis_Chrysafis), Greek footballer
- [Ioannis Damanakis](/source/Ioannis_Damanakis), Greek footballer
- [Giannis Dragasakis](/source/Giannis_Dragasakis), Greek politician
- [Yiannis Dritsas](/source/Yiannis_Dritsas), the inventor of Greek instant frappé
- [Yiannis Eitziridis](/source/Yiannis_Eitziridis), Greek musician
- [Giannis Fysekis](/source/Giannis_Fysekis), Greek footballer
- [Giannis Gagaloudis](/source/Giannis_Gagaloudis), Greek basketball player
- [Giannis Galitsios](/source/Giannis_Galitsios), Greek footballer
- [Giannis Georgallis](/source/Ioannis_Georgallis), Greek basketball player
- [Giannis Giannoulis](/source/Giannis_Giannoulis), Greek-Canadian basketball player
- [Giannis Gionakis](/source/Giannis_Gionakis), Greek actor
- [Yannis Goumas](/source/Yannis_Goumas), Greek footballer
- [Ioannis Gounaris](/source/Ioannis_Gounaris), Greek footballer
- [Yiannis Grivas](/source/Yiannis_Grivas), Greek judge
- [Ioannis Hatzidakis](/source/John_Hazzidakis), Greek mathematician
- [Yannis Hotzeas](/source/Yannis_Hotzeas), Greek communist thinker
- [Yanni](/source/Yanni) (Yiánnis Hryssomállis), Greek composer, keyboardist
- [Giannis Iliopoulos](/source/Giannis_Iliopoulos), Greek basketball player
- [Giannis Ioannidis](/source/Giannis_Ioannidis), Greek basketball coach and politician
- [Giannis Kalambokis](/source/Giannis_Kalambokis), Greek basketball player
- [Ioannis Kalitzakis](/source/Ioannis_Kalitzakis), Greek footballer
- [Giannis Katemis](/source/Giannis_Katemis), Greek footballer
- [Yannis Kondos](/source/Yannis_Kondos), Greek poet
- [Yannis Kontos](/source/Yannis_Kontos), Greek photojournalist
- [Yiannis Koskiniatis](/source/Yiannis_Koskiniatis), Greek footballer
- [Yiannis Kouros](/source/Yiannis_Kouros), Greek ultramarathon runner
- [Ioannis Kyrastas](/source/Ioannis_Kyrastas), Greek footballer and football manager
- [Giannis Kyriakopoulos](/source/Giannis_Kyriakopoulos), Greek basketball player
- [Yiannis Latsis](/source/Yiannis_Latsis), Greek shipping tycoon
- [Giannis Liourdis](/source/Giannis_Liourdis), Greek footballer
- [Yannis Makriyannis](/source/Yannis_Makriyannis), Greek General
- [Yannis Manakis](/source/Yannis_Manakis), Greek photographer
- [Giannis Maniatis](/source/Giannis_Maniatis), Greek footballer
- [Yannis Margaritis](/source/Yannis_Margaritis), Greek theater director
- [Giannis Markopoulos](/source/Giannis_Markopoulos), Greek composer
- [Giannis Mihalopoulos](/source/Giannis_Mihalopoulos), Greek actor
- [Giannis Milonas](/source/Giannis_Milonas), Greek basketball player
- [Yiannis Moralis](/source/Yiannis_Moralis), Greek artist
- [Yiannis N. Moschovakis](/source/Yiannis_N._Moschovakis), Greek theorist
- [Yiannis Okkas](/source/Ioannis_Okkas), Cypriot footballer
- [Yiannis Papadopoulos](/source/Giannis_Papadopoulos_(footballer,_born_1989)), Greek footballer
- [Yiannis Papaioannou](/source/Yiannis_Papaioannou), Greek composer
- [Yannis Papathanasiou](/source/Yannis_Papathanasiou), Greek politician
- [Yannis Pappas](/source/Yannis_Pappas), Greek-American Comedian and Podcaster. Best-selling books include “Maurica’s Foggy Bottom: A Witch Hazel Journey”, “Chrissy and Me: A Guide To Ordering For The Table”, and “I’m It, You’re It, Das It!”
- [Yiannis Parios](/source/Yiannis_Parios), Greek singer
- [Giannis Pasas](/source/Giannis_Pasas), Greek footballer
- [Yiannis Patilis](/source/Yiannis_Patilis), Greek poet
- [Yannis Pathiakakis Stadium](/source/Yannis_Pathiakakis_Stadium), Greek stadium
- [Yiannis Pharmakis](/source/Yiannis_Pharmakis), Greek leader
- [Yannis Philippakis](/source/Yannis_Philippakis), Guitarist and lead singer of *Foals*
- [Giannis Ploutarhos](/source/Giannis_Ploutarhos), Greek singer
- [Yiannis Poulakas](/source/Yiannis_Poulakas), Greek painter and stage designer
- [Giannis Poulopoulos](/source/Giannis_Poulopoulos), Greek singer
- [Yannis Psycharis](/source/Yannis_Psycharis), Greek author and philologist
- [Yiannis Psychopedis](/source/Yiannis_Psychopedis), Greek art movement
- [Yiannis Ritsos](/source/Yiannis_Ritsos), Greek poet
- [Yanis da Rocha](/source/Yanis_da_Rocha), Portuguese footballer
- [Yannis Salibur](/source/Yannis_Salibur), French footballer
- [Ioannis Samaras](/source/Ioannis_Samaras), Greek footballer
- Giannis Sampson, Cypriot footballer
- [Yannis K. Semertzidis](/source/Yannis_K._Semertzidis), Greek physicist
- [Giannis Sfakianakis](/source/Giannis_Sfakianakis), Greek footballer
- [Giannis Sioutis](/source/Giannis_Sioutis), Greek basketball player
- [Yiannis Skarimbas](/source/Yiannis_Skarimbas), Greek writer
- [Giannis Skopelitis](/source/Giannis_Skopelitis), Greek footballer
- [Yannis Smaragdis](/source/Yannis_Smaragdis), Greek film director
- [Giannis Sotirhos](/source/Giannis_Sotirhos), Greek footballer
- [Yiannis Spyropoulos](/source/Yiannis_Spyropoulos), Greek painter
- [Yannis Stavrou](/source/Yannis_Stavrou), Greek painter
- [Yannis Tafer](/source/Yannis_Tafer), French footballer
- [Yannis Takerboucht](/source/Yannis_Takerboucht), French footballer
- [Yannis Tamtakos](/source/Yannis_Tamtakos), Greek political activist
- [Giannis Taralidis](/source/Giannis_Taralidis), Greek footballer
- [Yianis Tomaras](/source/Yianis_Tomaras), Greek footballer
- [Yiannis Tridimas](/source/Yiannis_Tridimas), Greek long-distance runner
- [Yannis Tsarouchis](/source/Yannis_Tsarouchis), Greek painter
- [Giannis Valaoras](/source/Giannis_Valaoras), Greek footballer
- [Giannis Valinakis](/source/Giannis_Valinakis), Greek politician
- [Giannis Vardinogiannis](/source/Giannis_Vardinogiannis), Greek businessman
- [Yanis Varoufakis](/source/Yanis_Varoufakis), Greek economist
- [Yannis Varveris](/source/Yannis_Varveris), Greek poet
- [Giannis Vogiatzis](/source/Giannis_Vogiatzis), Greek actor
- [Iannis Xenakis](/source/Iannis_Xenakis), Greek composer
- [Yiannis Xipolitas](/source/Yiannis_Xipolitas), Cypriot footballer
- [Yannis Xirotiris](/source/Yannis_Xirotiris), Greek educator
- [Yannis Yfantis](/source/Yannis_Yfantis), Greek writer and poet
- [Giannis Zapropoulos](/source/Giannis_Zapropoulos), Greek footballer
- [Giannis Zaradoukas](/source/Giannis_Zaradoukas), Greek footballer
- [Yanis (singer)](/source/Yanis_(singer)), full name Yanis Sahraoui, French singer-songwriter formerly known as Sliimy
- [Yanis C. Yortsos](/source/Yanis_C._Yortsos), current dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California
- [Yanis Kanidis](/source/Yanis_Kanidis) (1930–2004), a Greek-Russian physical education teacher
- [Yanis Papassarantis](/source/Yanis_Papassarantis) (born 1988), a Belgian football player of Greek origin
- [Yanis Smits](/source/Yanis_Smits), a Latvian theologian active against the Soviet rule over Latvia during 1956–1976

## See also

- [Alternate forms for the name John](/source/Alternate_forms_for_the_name_John)
- [Janis (disambiguation)](/source/Janis_(disambiguation))

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