Ianis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAN-is
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,220 for boys
Ianis is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies).
What does Ianis mean?
Hebrew: Romanian form of John, from Greek Ioannis
“God is gracious”
Is Ianis a girl's or a boy's name?
Ianis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ianis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,220th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Ianis, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 515th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 87 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Ianis than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Ianis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 boys in the UK were given Ianis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #586, up from #1,220 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.
Ianis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,220 |
| 2024 | 43 | #838 |
| 2023 | 52 | #730 |
| 2022 | 67 | #616 |
| 2021 | 78 | #558 |
| 2020 | 82 | #515 |
| 2019 | 87 | #508 |
| 2018 | 60 | #661 |
| 2017 | 60 | #657 |
| 2016 | 59 | #670 |
| 2015 | 34 | #964 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
Names like Ianis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Idris, Otis, Jesse, Isaac, Tobias, Elias, Noah, Ezra, Eli, Ilyas, Jonah, Joey
Other spellings of Ianis
Names related to Ianis
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ianis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ianis, updated 20 October 2026.