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Panayiotis

Gender
Boy
Say it
pah-nah-YOH-tees
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#3,329 for boys
US rank, 2025
#12,003 for boys

Panayiotis is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “all-holy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

What does Panayiotis mean?

Greek: from Panagia, a title of the Virgin Mary

“all-holy”

Derived from Panagia, 'the All-Holy', the Greek Orthodox title of the Virgin Mary.

Is Panayiotis a girl's or a boy's name?

Panayiotis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Panayiotis in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,329among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Panayiotis, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 boys.

2025 had more boys named Panayiotis than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Panayiotis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 9 in 20192025
Panayiotis in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
20243#5,198
20231#6,556
20223#5,017
20214#4,188
20204#4,025
20199#2,399
20180–
20177#2,875
20160–
20150–
20146#3,125
20137#2,792
20124#4,147
20118#2,503
20104#4,026
20093#4,691
20083#4,615
20070–
20066#2,645
20056#2,545
20043#3,792
20035#2,574
20020–
20014#2,714
20008#1,637
19994#2,513
19984#2,531
19977#1,678
19965#2,094

How popular is Panayiotis in the US?

Rank in 2025
#12,003among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 340,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Panayiotis, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.

Half of all the boys named Panayiotis in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1976Busiest: 13 in 20032025
Panayiotis in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#12,003
20246#10,930
202311#7,284
20228#8,983
20210–
20206#10,599
20197#9,750
20189#8,150
20177#9,691
20167#9,659
20157#9,562
20140–
20138#8,784
20126#10,763
20116#10,801
20100–
20098#8,980
20085#12,546
20076#10,915
200610#7,422
20057#9,108
20049#7,530
200313#5,551
200211#6,081
200111#6,006
20009#6,832
199910#6,036
19989#6,308
19979#6,094
19967#7,129
19956#7,785
19946#7,764
19939#5,764
19926#7,414
19919#5,513
19909#5,375
19890–
198811#4,157
19870–
19860–
19857#5,142
19847#4,969
19830–
19825#6,383
19810–
19805#6,248
19790–
19780–
19776#5,121
19765#5,584

Nicknames for Panayiotis

Names like Panayiotis

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Panayiotis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/panayiotis, updated 20 October 2026.