What is "yannis"

Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis is a common Greek given name, a variant of John (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." Variants include Ioannis , Yanni, Iannis, Yannakis, Yanis, and the rare Yanno, usually found in the Peloponnese and Cyprus.

Feminine forms are Γιάννα ( Yianna, Gianna) and Ιωάννα ( Ioanna).

Yannis may refer to:

• Giannis Agouris, Greek writer and journalist
• Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
• Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer
• Yiannis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer
• Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player
• Giannis Apostolidis, Greek footballer
• Yiannis Arabatzis, Greek goalkeeper
• Yannis Bakos, economist
• Ioannis Banias (1939–2012), Greek politician
• Yannis Behrakis, Greek photojournalist
• Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player
• Yannis Brown, composer
• Yiannis Carras, Greek shipping magnate
• Giannis Chondrogiannis, Greek politician
• Jani Christou, Greek composer
• Giannis Chrysafis, Greek footballer
• Ioannis Damanakis, Greek footballer
• Giannis Dragasakis, Greek politician
• Yiannis Dritsas, the inventor of Greek instant frappé
• Yiannis Eitziridis, Greek musician
• Giannis Fysekis, Greek footballer
• Giannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
• Giannis Galitsios, Greek footballer
• Giannis Georgallis, Greek basketball player
• Giannis Giannoulis, Greek-Canadian basketball player
• Giannis Gionakis, Greek actor
• Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer
• Ioannis Gounaris, Greek footballer
• Yiannis Grivas, Greek judge
• Yannis Hotzeas, Greek communist thinker
• Yanni (Yiánnis Hryssomállis), Greek composer, keyboardist
• Giannis Iliopoulos, Greek basketball player
• Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician
• Giannis Kalambokis, Greek basketball player
• Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer
• Giannis Katemis, Greek footballer
• Yannis Kondos, Greek poet
• Yannis Kontos, Greek photojournalist
• Yiannis Koskiniatis, Greek footballer
• Yiannis Kouros, Greek marathon runner
• Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and football manager
• Giannis Kyriakopoulos, Greek basketball player
• Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon
• Giannis Liourdis, Greek footballer
• Yannis Makriyannis, Greek General
• Yannis Manakis, Greek photographer
• Giannis Maniatis, Greek footballer
• Yannis Margaritis, Greek theater director
• Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer
• Giannis Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
• Giannis Milonas, Greek basketball player
• Yiannis Moralis, Greek artist
• Yiannis N. Moschovakis, Greek theorist
• Yiannis Okkas, Cypriot footballer

• Yiannis Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
• Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer
• Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek politician
• Yiannis Parios, Greek singer
• Giannis Pasas, Greek footballer
• Yiannis Patilis, Greek poet
• Yannis Pathiakakis Stadium, Greek stadium
• Giannis Pechlivanis, Greek footballer
• Yiannis Pharmakis, Greek leader
• Yannis Philippakis, Guitarist and lead singer of Foals
• Giannis Ploutarhos, Greek singer
• Yiannis Poulakas, Greek painter and stage designer
• Giannis Poulopoulos, Greek singer
• Yannis Psycharis, Greek author and philologist
• Yiannis Psychopedis, Greek art movement
• Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet
• Yannis Salibur, French footballer
• Ioannis Samaras, Greek footballer
• Giannis Sampson, Cypriot footballer
• Giannis Sfakianakis, Greek footballer
• Giannis Sioutis, Greek basketball player
• Yiannis Skarimbas, Greek writer
• Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer
• Yannis Smaragdis, Greek film director
• Giannis Sotirhos, Greek footballer
• Yiannis Spyropoulos, Greek painter
• Yannis Stavrou, Greek painter
• Yannis Tafer, French footballer
• Yannis Tamtakos, Greek political activist
• Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer
• Yianis Tomaras, Greek footballer
• Yiannis Tridimas, Greek long-distance runner
• Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter
• Giannis Tsimitselis, Greek actor
• Giannis Valaoras, Greek footballer
• Giannis Valinakis, Greek politician
• Giannis Vardinogiannis, Greek businessman
• Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist
• Yannis Varveris, Greek poet
• Giannis Vogiatzis, Greek actor
• Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer
• Yiannis Xipolitas, Cypriot footballer
• Yannis Xirotiris, Greek educator
• Yannis Yfantis, Greek writer and poet
• Giannis Zapropoulos, Greek footballer
• Giannis Zaradoukas, Greek footballer
• Yanis C. Yortsos, current Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California
• Yanis Kanidis (1930–2004), a Greek-Russian physical education teacher
• Yanis Papassarantis (born 1988), a Belgian football player of Greek origin
• Yanis Smits, a Latvian theologian active against the Soviet rule over Latvia during 1956–1976