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Ioannis

Boy name · 6 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Ioannis: 6 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 3 births in 2019.

Ioannis is the Greek form of John, ultimately from the Hebrew Yochanan meaning “Yahweh is gracious.” One of its most notable bearers was Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece in the early 19th century, while Ioannis Metaxas served as Greece’s prime minister during the 1930s and famously resisted Italian invasion in 1940. Though no place is directly named after an Ioannis, the name shares its root with countless towns and cities worldwide bearing the name John. In modern Scotland, Ioannis appears as a given name largely through Greek and Cypriot communities, and it is often shortened to Yannis or Giannis—a form made globally famous by basketball superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.