Around the world, Giannis (Giannis 
, Γιάννης , Яннис 
) is a common boy's first name. The forename Giannis is habitual in Greece, where it is a common masculine name, Cyprus, where it is quite a common male name, and Albania, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Greece, Cyprus, and Russia. Very seldom, Giannis is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Giannis | Germany, Greece, Cyprus, United States, Sweden |
| Γιάννης | Greece |
| Яннис | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia |
| Гианнис | Russia |
Džons, Evan, Gian, Giovanni, Giuàn, Giánnīs, Hanns, Hans, Honsa, Honza, Huans, Ian, Iannis, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Ioanis, Ioann, Ioannes, Ioannis, Ion, Ivan, Ivano, Ivans, Ivo, Iván, Iwan, Jaan, Jack, Jan, Janis, Jannis, Janos, Jean, Joan, Joannes, Jogvan, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Johano, John, Johnny, Jon, João, Juan, János, Jógvan, Jóhan, Jóhann,
Giannis is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Giannis , the theatrical character in the play "Educating Daddy"; Giannis , the theatrical character in the play "Seventh Day of Creation"; Giannis , the theatrical character in the play "Breaking dawn"; Giannis , the theatrical character in the play "The Backyard of Miracles" and Giannis , the theatrical character in the play "The murderer".
| giannis chasavetis musical artist, GR (b. 1899) |
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| giannis mihalopoulos (b. 1914) |
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| giannis nembidis Greek footballer (1928-2000), GR (b. 1928) |
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giannis plakiotakis Greek politician |
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| giannis varoutas GR (b. 1926) |
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| giannis fronimidis association football player (b. 1937) |
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| giannis maniatis Greek politician (b. 1956) |
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| giannis stamatiou Greek alpine skier, GR (b. 1962) |
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| giannis gerontas Greek weightlifter (b. 1962) |
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| giannis dalakouras Greek football manager, GR (b. 1963) |
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| giannis alexoulis association football player (b. 1964) |
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| giannis alexoulis Greek footballer, GR (b. 1964) |
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| giannis chatzinikolaou Greek footballer, GR (b. 1965) |
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| giannis kamitsis Greek footballer, GR (b. 1967) |
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| giannis chrysostomidis Greek footballer, GR (b. 1968) |
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Pap, Anastasiou, Antoniadis, Athanasiou, Daskalakis, Dimopoulos, Georgiadis, Nikolaidis, Iliopoulos, Karagiannis, Papagiannis, Papaioannou, Dimitriadis, Grigoriadis, Antonopoulos, Papadopoulos, Papanikolaou, Papageorgiou, Giannopoulos, Christodoulou, Papadimitriou, Konstantinidis, Oikonomou, Giannakopoulos, Ioannidis, Giannakis, Makris, Kontos, Pappas, Raptis, Sideris, Alexiou, Andreou, Politis, Roussos, Vlachos, Ioannou, Antoniou, Katsaros, Kritikos, Pavlidis, Petridis, Georgiou, Nikolaou, Papadakis, Provatidis, Dimitriou, Lazaridis, and Panagiotopoulos