Kostis () is a

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

of the Greek name Konstantinos ( Constantine). Notable people with the name include:

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* Kostis Adosidis Pasha (1818–1895), Prince of Samos * Kostis Chatzidakis (born 1965), Greek politician * Kostis Gimossoulis (born 1960), Greek poet and novelist * Costis Gontikas (born 1994), Greek professional basketball player * Kostis Gontikas (born 1934), Greek politician *

Kostis Palamas Kostis Palamas (; ; – 27 February 1943) was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn. He was a central figure of the Greek literary generation of the 1880s and one of the cofounders of the so-called New Athenian School (or Pala ...

(1859–1943), Greek poet * Kostis Papagiorgis (1947–2014), Greek essayist, columnist, translator of philosophical studies * Kostis Protopapas, American opera artistic director of Greek origin * Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos (1926–2016), Greek politician, President of Greece from 1995 to 2005

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* Christos Kostis (born 1972), Greek football (soccer) player * Peter Kostis (born 1946), American golf analyst and instructor * Tasos Kostis (born 1951), Greek actor

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