Yanis

YAH-nees; YAH-NEES
Greek, French, from Hebrew
"gift of God"

Yanis Origin and Meaning

The name Yanis is a boy's name of Hebrew, French origin meaning "gift of God".

One of the relatives on the widely-branching family of John names, Yanis is in the French Top 50 and was a fast rising choice in the UK in 2022, when it went from being outside the Top 1000 to within the Top 700.

Yanis Popularity

Famous People Named Yanis

  • Ioannis Georgiou "Yanis" Varoufakis
    Greek economist and Minister of Finance
  • Yanis Kanidis
    Russian teacher who stood up against Chechen terrorists
  • Yanis Danielov Karabelyov
    Bulgarian footballer
  • Yanis Djamil Barka
    French footballer

Yanis in Pop Culture

  • Yanis Pappas
    character on British soap "EastEnders"