Ioannis
The Greek form of John, and the Greek John of Jan: same name, same promise that god is gracious. In Poland it stays foreign, arriving with travel or a grandparent from Greece, and most Poles have never met one.
Ioannis Pronunciation
Ioannis is pronounced yo-AHN-nyees (/jɔˈanɲis/).
What Ioannis means
Where Ioannis comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ioannis is the Greek form of a name that reached almost every corner of Europe. Greek shaped it as Ioannes, and Greek had taken it earlier from the Hebrew Yohanan. The meaning came along on that road: "god is gracious," in Polish "bóg jest łaskawy." So the name is really a small sentence about grace given freely.
In Greece the name never went out of use. Saints and emperors answered to Ioannes, and the final -is is simply the Modern Greek nominative ending. That is why the Greek John looks different from the Polish Jan while meaning the same thing.
A Polish child is far likelier to be entered as Jan on a school register than as Ioannis. The Greek form usually arrives here with travel, marriage, or a grandparent from Thessaloniki. It has not lost its meaning. Whoever bears it still bears the old promise that god is gracious.
How many people are named Ioannis
1 in 79650 men in Poland is named Ioannis. 268 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1862 among male names.
Ioannis's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Ioannis as a middle name
Ioannis is a first name for 268 men in Poland and a middle name for another 22, a 92/8 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1859th, between Guenter (22) and Izhak (22).
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#1857 Glen22
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#1858 Guenter22
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#1859 Ioannis22
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#1860 Izhak22
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#1861 Jaksa22