Baby name
STABLE
🇬🇷 Ioannis
/ee · OH · ah · nis/
Meaning
“God is gracious”
Modern Greek form of John, from Hebrew 'Yohanan' meaning God is gracious; the most common male name in Greece for centuries, carried by countless saints and scholars.
Nicknames
giannis · yannis
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Timeless in Greece; will always feel both classical and contemporary there.
The cultural moment.
Persistently one of the most common names in Greece for decades.