Around the globe, Yiannis (Yiannis 
, Янис 
, Γιάννης , among others...) is quite a common male forename. The forename Yiannis is characteristic of Cyprus, where it is quite a common boy's name, Greece, and Russia, where it is quite a rare male name. Much less frequently, Yiannis is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Yiannis | Cyprus, Indonesia, United Kingdom, United States, Greece |
| Янис | Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Lithuania |
| Γιάννης | Greece |
| Яннис | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| יאניס | Israel |
Džons, Evan, Gian, Giannis, Giovanni, Hanns, Hans, Honsa, Honza, Huans, Iannis, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Ioanis, Ioannes, Ioannis, Ion, Ivan, Ivano, Ivans, Ivo, Iván, Iwan, Iwo, Jaan, Jack, Jan, Janis, Jannis, Janos, Jean, Jogvan, Johan, Johann, Johannes, John, Johnny, Jon, João, Juan, János, Jógvan, Jóhann, Jóhannes, Jón, Sean, Seán, Sion, Siôn,
Yiannis is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Janice Rand , the fictional character in Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series; Janice Soprano , the fictional character from The Sopranos; Janice Quatlane , the fictional character from the Professor Layton series, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva; Janice Parkman , the fictional character in the television series Heroes and Janice Lincoln , the fictional character from 2019 film 'Spider-Man: Far from Home', among other works.
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yiannis moschovakis American logician, US (b. 1938) |
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| yiannis benekos Greek lawer and writer (b. 1910) |
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yiannis narlidis Canadian amateur wrestler, CA (b. 1993) |
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| yiannis papanelopoulos GR (b. 1936) |
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| yiannis gabriel British sociologist, GB (b. 1952) |
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| yiannis kottis GR (b. 1949) |
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| yiannis vardaxoglou British engineer (b. 1959) |
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| yiannis fokas GR (b. 1951) |
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| yiannis lasithiotakis GR (b. 1956) |
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| yiannis kyriakongonas GR (b. 1960) |
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| yiannis n kaznessis researcher (b. 1971) |
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| yiannis tsompanakis (b. 1969) |
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| yiannis ioannis nikolakopoulos Ph.D. Chalmers Tekniska Högskola 2016 |
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| yiannis l loukas researcher |
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| yiannis s chatzizisis researcher |
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Savva, Vassiliou, Ioannidis, Ioannides, Alexopoulos, Antoniadis, Athanasiou, Kyriakides, Panayiotou, Economides, Michaelides, Argyropoulos, Papaioannou, Papayiannis, Dimitriadis, Vassiliades, Fragkiadakis, Sotiropoulos, Charalambous, Constantinou, Konstantinou, Papadopoulos, Theodorou, Christodoulou, Demetriou, Stylianou, Papas, Gutow, Spanos, Pappas, Pavlou, Petrou, Vlahos, Yianni, Michael, Roussos, Ioannou, Savvides, Sachinis, Antoniou, Christou, Kokkinos, Kyriacou, Georgiou, Nicolaou, Neocleous, Economou, Christofi, and Apostolopoulos