Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greek given name, a variant of John (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as Ioannis (Ιωάννης). Variants include Yannis (Also Janni), Iannis, Yannakis, Yanis, and the rare Yannos, usually found in the Peloponnese and Cyprus. Feminine forms are Γιάννα (Yianna, Gianna) and Ιωάννα (Ioanna) which is the formal variant used in formal/government documents. Yannis may refer to: Abu'l-Fath Yanis, Fatimid vizier Giannis Agouris, Greek writer and journalist Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer Yiannis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player Giannis Apostolidis, Greek footballer Yiannis Arabatzis, Greek goalkeeper Yannis Bakos, economist Ioannis Banias (1939–2012), Greek politician Yannis Behrakis, Greek photojournalist Giannis Bezos, Greek actor and director Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player Yannis Brown, composer Yiannis Carras, Greek shipping magnate Giannis Chondrogiannis, Greek politician Jani Christou, Greek composer Giannis Chrysafis, Greek footballer Ioannis Damanakis, Greek footballer Giannis Dragasakis, Greek politician Yiannis Dritsas, the inventor of Greek instant frappé Yiannis Eitziridis, Greek musician Giannis Fysekis, Greek footballer Giannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player Giannis Galanakis, Greek entrepreneur and inventor of Greek artisan prosciutto Giannis Galitsios, Greek footballer Giannis Georgallis, Greek basketball player Giannis Giannoulis, Greek-Canadian basketball player Giannis Gionakis, Greek actor Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer Ioannis Gounaris, Greek footballer Yiannis Grivas, Greek judge Ioannis Hatzidakis, Greek mathematician Yannis Hotzeas, Greek communist thinker Yanni (Yiánnis Hryssomállis), Greek composer, keyboardist Giannis Iliopoulos, Greek basketball player Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician Giannis Kalambokis, Greek basketball player Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer Giannis Katemis, Greek footballer Yannis Kondos, Greek poet Yannis Kontos, Greek photojournalist Yiannis Koskiniatis, Greek footballer Yiannis Kouros, Greek ultramarathon runner Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and football manager Giannis Kyriakopoulos, Greek basketball player Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon Giannis Liourdis, Greek footballer Yannis Makriyannis, Greek General Yannis Manakis, Greek photographer Giannis Maniatis, Greek footballer Yannis Margaritis, Greek theater director Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer Giannis Mihalopoulos, Greek actor Giannis Milonas, Greek basketball player Yiannis Moralis, Greek artist Yiannis N. Moschovakis, Greek theorist Yiannis Okkas, Cypriot footballer Yiannis Papadopoulos, Greek footballer Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek politician Yiannis Parios, Greek singer Giannis Pasas, Greek footballer Yiannis Patilis, Greek poet Yannis Pathiakakis Stadium, Greek stadium Giannis Pechlivanis, Greek footballer Yiannis Pharmakis, Greek leader Yannis Philippakis, Guitarist and lead singer of Foals Giannis Ploutarhos, Greek singer Yiannis Poulakas, Greek painter and