Around the world, Yannis (Yannis 
, Янис 
, Γιάννης , along with others...) is a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine forename. The given name Yannis is habitual in Greece, where it is quite a common male name, Macao, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare predominantly feminine, but scarcely boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Greece, France, and Russia. Very seldom, Yannis is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Yannis | China, Hong Kong, Greece, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Янис | Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Lithuania |
| Γιάννης | Greece |
| Иоаннис | Russia |
| يانيس | Morocco, Algeria, Iraq |
| Яннис | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
Džons, Erwann, Evan, Gian, Gianni, Giannis, Giovan, Giovanni, Giuàn, Hannes, Hanns, Hans, Honsa, Honza, Huans, Ian, Ianka, Iannis, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Ioanis, Ioann, Ioannes, Ioannis, Ion, Ivan, Ivano, Ivans, Ivashka, Ivo, Iván, Iwan, Iwo, Jaan, Jack, Jan, Janis, Janka, Jannis, Janos, Jean, Jehan, Jhoao, Joan, Joannes, Joao, Jogvan, Johan, Johann,
| yannis komnenos vatacis Byzantine general, TR (b. 1132) |
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yannis c. yortsos American engineering academic, GR (b. 1950) |
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yannis k. semertzidis physicist researching dark matter at KAIST, KR (b. 1961) |
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yannis youlountas philosopher, poet, writer and film director, FR (b. 1970) |
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yannis pouspourikas French conductor, FR (b. 1971) |
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yannis pappas American comedian, US |
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yannis la macchia Swiss comics artist, CH (b. 1985) |
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yannis tafer French footballer, FR (b. 1991) |
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yannis yssaad French bicycle racer, FR (b. 1993) |
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yannis morin NBA player, FR (b. 1993) |
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yannis mbombo footballer, BE (b. 1994) |
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| yannis tsiomis Greek architect (b. 1944) |
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| yannis m. ioannides Greek American economist (b. 1945) |
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| yannis tsividis American academic, US (b. 1946) |
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yannis voisard Swiss cyclist, CH (b. 1998) |
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Li, Robert, Deezer, Dosios, Dubois, Garcia, Thomas, Flores, Sanchez, Bernard, Rachid, Laurent, Martinez, Contesse, Bendioua, Gonzalez, Fontaine, Rodriguez, Ioannidis, Papadopoulos, Christopoulos, Lefevre, Pappas, Boutin, Cheung, Ng, Yu, Lam, Lee, Yan, Chan, Chen, Wong, Yani, Silva, Amara, Boyer, Payet, Perez, Petit, Lopez, Henry, Martin, Moreau, Santos, Amrane, Papadimitriou, and Papakonstantinou