Jannis
Jannis is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Jannis Bäcker, German bobsledder Jannis Kallinikos, Greek academic Jannis Kounellis, Greek artist Jannis Niewöhner, German actor Jannis Schliesing, German footballer Jannis Zamanduridis, German sport wrestler Jannis Zotos, German musician
- Greek
- German
Meaning & Origin of Jannis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jannis is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Jannis Bäcker, German bobsledder Jannis Kallinikos, Greek academic Jannis Kounellis, Greek artist Jannis Niewöhner, German actor Jannis Schliesing, German footballer Jannis Zamanduridis, German sport wrestler Jannis Zotos, German musician
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
- German
The Story of Jannis
Jannis first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1933, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1947: 25 births, good for #1,946 nationwide. About 33% of every Jannis on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Jannis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 410 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jannis
Jannis is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1933 and has accumulated 410 births in the dataset. Jannis's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #1,946. Use the chart and map above to compare Jannis'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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