Giannakos as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Giannakos

What is the meaning of the name Giannakos ?

The baby name Giannakos is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Modern Greek IPA: [ʝaˈnakos]; English respelling: yah-NAH-kos.

Giannakos is Greek in Origin.

Giannakos is a Greek masculine name formed from Giannis/Ioannis (the Greek equivalent of John) plus the regional suffix -akos, common in the Mani and wider Peloponnese. The construction functions as a diminutive or patronymic, yielding the senses "little John" or "descendant of John." Ultimately it traces to Hebrew Yohanan, meaning "God is gracious." In practice Giannakos has been borne chiefly as a family name, especially since the Ottoman era when such -akos surnames became fixed, but it also appears as a rustic affectionate given name and, more recently, as a surname-turned-first-name in the Greek diaspora.

Variants and spellings include Yiannakos, Yannakos, and Gianakos; a related feminine surname form is Giannakou. Cognates and short forms around the same root are Giannis/Yannis, Ioannis, Giannakis, and Yannakis; international equivalents include John, Jean, Juan, Ivan, Sean, and Ian. The meaning remains "God is gracious."

⚙ Giannakos is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Giannakos appears only 5 times in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.