Nanos as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Nanos

What is the meaning of the name Nanos ?

The baby name Nanos is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Greek: /ˈna.nos/ (NAH-nos); English approximation: /ˈnɑː.noʊs/ (NAH-nohs).

Nanos is Greek in Origin.

Nanos is a modern Greek masculine name (Greek: Νάνος), chiefly a colloquial diminutive used within families and close circles. In different regions it serves as a short form of two major names: Athanasios (also yielding Nasos/Nassos and Thanos) and Ioannis/Yiannis (via the dialectal form Giannos). Accordingly, its underlying meanings vary: from Athanasios, “immortal” (a- “not” + thanatos “death”); from Ioannis, “Yahweh is gracious.” Though homonymous with the Greek common noun nános “dwarf” and the scientific prefix nano-, the given name Nanos in practice functions as a nickname-derived personal name.

As an official given name it appears in 20th‑century Greece and Cyprus, sometimes graduating from pet form to legal usage; the poet Nanos Valaoritis is a noted bearer. Related Greek variants include Nasos/Nassos and Thanos (Athanasios line) and Giannos/Yiannos (Ioannis line). Analogous nicknames in Romance languages include Nano. Outside Greek communities, Nanos remains rare but approachable and informal.