Fotis
Fotis, in Greek: "Φώτης" is a Greek name, a variant of the name Photios. Notable people with the name include:Fotis Balopoulos, Greek footballer Fotis Dulos, suspected perpetrator of the Murder of Jennifer Dulos Fotis Georgiou, Greek footballer Fotis Goudroubis, Greek footballer Fotis Gouziotis, Greek footballer Fotis Ioannidis, Greek footballer Fotis Kafatos, Greek biologist Fotis Kaimakamoudis,…
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Fotis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fotis, in Greek: "Φώτης" is a Greek name, a variant of the name Photios. Notable people with the name include:Fotis Balopoulos, Greek footballer Fotis Dulos, suspected perpetrator of the Murder of Jennifer Dulos Fotis Georgiou, Greek footballer Fotis Goudroubis, Greek footballer Fotis Gouziotis, Greek footballer Fotis Ioannidis, Greek footballer Fotis Kafatos, Greek biologist Fotis Kaimakamoudis,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Fotis
The earliest SSA record of Fotis as a baby boy name dates back to 1975, when 6 babies received it. 1975 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Fotis — #4,797 in the national rankings. About 65% of every Fotis on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Fotis last appeared in the published SSA data in 1985, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Fotis
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Fotis. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Fotis
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- Fetis
- Fetus
- Foetus
- Fatus
- Photos
- Fatass
- Fotos
- Faddis
- Fidus
- Ftis
- Flotus
- Fontes
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About the name Fotis
Fotis is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Fotis's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #4,797. Use the chart and map above to compare Fotis's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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