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Panagiotis or Panayiotis (, ) is a common male Greek name. It derives from the Greek epithet
Panagia Panagia (, fem. of , + , the ''All-Holy'', or the ''Most Holy''; pronounced ) (also transliterated Panaghia or Panayia), in Medieval and Modern Greek, is one of the titles of Mary, Mother of God, used especially in Orthodox Christianity and E ...
or ''Panayia'' ("All-Holy") for
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. The feminine form of the name is Panagiota or Panayiota (Παναγιὡτα). It has three name days within a year (e.g. 2 February, 26 December), one of them is celebrated together with Maria, Mario, Mary, Despoina (or Despina) and all of their diminutives on the
Dormition of the Theotokos The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the '' Theotokos'' ("Mother ...
, on 15 August. There are many diminutives of Panagiotis such as Panos (Πάνος), Notis (Νότης), Panagis/Panayis (Παναγής), Takis (Τάκης, from the diminutive Panagiotakis or Panayiotakis), Panikos (Πανίκος, in Cyprus) and Pit (Πιτ) while Panagiota, or Panayiota, is commonly reduced to Giota or Yiota (Γιώτα), and Nota (Νότα).


Notable people

* Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos, Greek revolutionary and member of the
Filiki Eteria Filiki Eteria () or Society of Friends () was a secret political and revolutionary organization founded in 1814 in Odesa, Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule in Ottoman Greece, Greece and establish an Independenc ...
* Panagiotis Beglitis, Greek politician * Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician * Panayiotis Chronis, Greek football player *
Panagiotis Danglis Panagiotis Danglis (; – 9 March 1924) was a Greek military officer and politician. He is particularly notable for inventing the Schneider-Danglis mountain gun, his service as chief of staff in the Balkan Wars, and participation in the Triumvi ...
, Greek general and politician * Panayiotis Demetriou, Cypriot politician *
Panagiotis Doxaras Panagiotis Doxaras (; 1662–1729), also known as Panayiotis Doxaras, was an author and painter. He was a prolific member of the Heptanese school. He was influenced by early members of the movement namely: Elias Moskos, Theodoros Poulakis, ...
, Greek painter of the 17th/18th century *
Panagiotis Efstratiadis Panagiotis Efstratiadis or Eustratiades (; 1815 – ) was a Greek people, Greek Archaeology, archaeologist. He served as Ephor (archaeology), Ephor General of Antiquities, the head of the Greek Archaeological Service, between 1864 and 1884, s ...
, Greek archaeologist * Panayiotis Engomitis, Cypriot football midfielder *
Panagiotis Fasoulas Panagiotis "Panos" Fasoulas (alternate spelling: Fassoulas; Greek: Παναγιώτης Φασούλας; born 12 May 1963, in Thessaloniki) is a Greek politician, and former professional basketball player. He was selected in the second round, w ...
, Greek basketball player and politician * , Greek botanist and agronomist *
Panagiotis Giannakis Panagiotis "Notis" Giannakis (, ; born January 1, 1959), alternatively spelled Panayiotis Yiannakis or Yannakis, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is considered to be one of the greatest sportspeople of Greece. He st ...
, Greek basketball player and coach * Panayiotis Kafkis, Greek professional basketball player *
Panagiotis Kalaitzakis Panagiotis "Panos" Kalaitzakis (Greek: Παναγιώτης "Πάνος" Καλαϊτζάκης; born 2 January 1999) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He is 2. ...
, Greek basketball player *
Panos Kammenos Panagiotis "Panos" Kammenos (, ; born 12 May 1965) is a Greek politician and the founder of the right-wing party " Independent Greeks", which formed the governing coalition of the Hellenic Parliament with the Syriza Party after Kammenos met with ...
, Greek politician *
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Panagiotis Kanellopoulos or Panayotis Kanellopoulos (; 13 December 1902 – 11 September 1986) was a Greek writer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece. He was the Prime Minister of Greece deposed by the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. ...
, Greek politician and two-time Prime Minister of Greece *
Panagiotis Karatzas Panagiotis Karatzas (; 18th century – 1824) was a Greece, Greek revolutionary leader in Patras during the Greek Revolution of 1821. During his childhood he showed his bravery and defiance against the Ottoman Empire, often fighting with Turkish ...
(died 1824), Greek revolutionary leader *
Panagiotis Karatzas Panagiotis Karatzas (; 18th century – 1824) was a Greece, Greek revolutionary leader in Patras during the Greek Revolution of 1821. During his childhood he showed his bravery and defiance against the Ottoman Empire, often fighting with Turkish ...
, Greek basketball player *
Panos Karnezis Panagiotis Karnezis (; born 1967 in Amaliada), known as Panos Karnezis, is a Greek people, Greek writer. Born in Greece, he moved to England in 1992 to study Engineering. He was later awarded a Master of Arts, M.A. in Creative Writing by the Unive ...
, Greek writer *
Panagiotis Kavvadias Panagiotis Kavvadias or Cawadias (; – 20 July 1928) was a Greek Archaeology, archaeologist. He was responsible for the excavation of ancient sites in Greece, including Epidaurus in Argolis and the Acropolis of Athens, as well as archaeolog ...
, Greek archaeologist *
Panayiotis Kokoras Panayiotis Kokoras (; born 1974, Ptolemaida) is a Greek composer and computer music innovator. Kokoras's sound compositions use timbre as the main element of form. His concept of "holophony" describes his goal that each independent sound (φω ...
, Greek composer *
Panagiotis Kondylis Panagiotis Kondylis (; ; 17 August 1943 – 11 July 1998) was a Greek philosopher, intellectual historian, translator and publications manager who principally wrote in German, in addition to translating most of his work into Greek. He can be pla ...
, Greek social scientist and historian of philosophy *
Panayiotis Kythreotis Panayiotis Kythreotis (; born 19 August 1980) is a former Cypriot football player, who played as a goalkeeper. He has also played for Aris Limassol, ASIL Lysi, APOEL and Chalkanoras Idaliou. Honours AEK Larnaca * Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup ...
, Cypriot football player *
Panagiotis Lafazanis Panagiotis Lafazanis (, ; born 19 November 1951) is a Greek politician. He served as the leader of a new Greek left-wing political party, Popular Unity, from 21 August 2015 until his resignation on 2 June 2019. Previously he was a member of Syr ...
, Greek politician * Panayotis
Alexi Lalas Panayotis Alexander Lalas (; born June 1, 1970) is an American former soccer player who played mostly as a defender. Lalas is best known for his participation with the United States men's national soccer team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where ...
, American soccer player *
Panagiotis Lagos Panagiotis Lagos (; born 18 July 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer. Lagos had the ability to play in various positions as much as on the wings as on the center, due to the combination of the speed and technique of his play. Club ca ...
, Greek football player * Panayiotis Loizides (businessman), Cypriot businessman * Panagiotis Manias, Greek basketball player * Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater and six-time Greek champion * Panagiotis Meltemis, Greek poet * Panayiotis Panayiotou Cypriot football player * Panos Panagiotopoulos, Greek politician *
Panagiotis Papadopoulos Panagiotis Papadopoulos (born May 23, 1985, in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek wrestler who specializes in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was a competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the ...
, Greek fashion designer based in Sweden * Panayiotis Paphides, British journalist * Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, Greek athlete, 1896 and 1900 Olympics * ; French comedian and actor *
Panagiotis Pikrammenos Panagiotis Pikrammenos (, ; born 1945) is a Greek judge and politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 2019 to 2023. He briefly served as the Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos, caretaker Prime Minister of Greec ...
, Greek judge, politician, President of the
Council of State A council of state is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction. It may be the formal name for the cabinet or it may refer to a non-executive advisory body associated with a head ...
and Prime Minister of Greece * Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek diplomat, politician and Prime Minister of Greece *
Panagiotis Poulitsas Panagiotis Poulitsas ( Greek: Παναγιώτης Πουλίτσας; 9 September 1881 – 16 January 1968) was a Greek judge and archeologist who briefly served as interim Prime Minister of Greece from 4 April 1946 to 18 April 1946. He was bo ...
, Greek judge, archaeologist, President of the
Council of State A council of state is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction. It may be the formal name for the cabinet or it may refer to a non-executive advisory body associated with a head ...
and Prime Minister of Greece * Panayiotis Pounnas Cypriot footballer * Panagiotis Roumeliotis, Greek politician * Panagiotis Sarris, Greek sprinter * Panagiotis Sekeris, Greek merchant and member of the
Filiki Eteria Filiki Eteria () or Society of Friends () was a secret political and revolutionary organization founded in 1814 in Odesa, Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule in Ottoman Greece, Greece and establish an Independenc ...
* Panayiotis Simopoulos, Greek model *
Panagiotis Skagiopoulos Panagiotis Skagiopoulos (Greek: Παναγιώτης Σκαγιόπουλος, 1864–1942) was a Greek merchant and was a grape trader of a large company, the largest part that he help the philanthropic sentinel, a transaction that he done as he ...
, Greek merchant and philanthropist * Panos Skourletis, Greek politician * Panagiotis E. Souganidis, Greek mathematician *
Panagiotis Soutsos Panagiotis Soutsos (; 1806 – 25 October 1868) was a Greeks, Greek poet, novelist and journalist born in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey). He was the brother of the satirist Alexandros Soutsos and cousin of writer and diplomat Alexandro ...
, Greek poet * Panayiotis Spyrou, Cypriot football defender *
Panagiotis Stamatakis Panagiotis Stamatakis (; –1885) (sometimes anglicised as Panayotis or Stamatakes) was a Greek people, Greek archaeology, archaeologist. He is noted particularly for his role in supervising the excavations of Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae in 18 ...
, Greek archaeologist * Panagiotis Stroubakos, Greek runner * Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Greek footballer * Panagiotis Tarinidis, French powerlifter * Panayiotis Tetsis, Greek painter *
Panagis Tsaldaris Panagis Tsaldaris (also Panagiotis Tsaldaris or Panayotis Tsaldaris; ; 5 March 1868 – 17 May 1936) was a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece twice. He was a revered conservative politician and leader for many years (1922– ...
, Greek politician and two-time Prime Minister of Greece * Panayiotis "Peter" Vagenas, American soccer player * Panayotis Varotsos, Greek academic and physicist * Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player *
Panagiotis Verdes Panagiotis Verdes is a Greek inventor and is known for being the first person to mass produce 6x6x6 puzzles and 7x7x7 twisty puzzles. He is also known for founding the company V-Cube. He has also worked on new designs of every Twisty Puzzle f ...
, Greek inventor * Panagis Vourloumis, Greek politician * Panayiotis Xiourouppas, Cypriot footballer * Panayiotis Yamarelos, Greek academic and coroner *
Panayiotis Vassilakis Panayiotis Vassilakis (; 29 October 1925 – 9 August 2019), also known as Takis (), was a self-taught Greek artist known for his Kinetic art, kinetic sculptures. He exhibited his artworks in Europe and the United States. Popular in France, his ...
(Takis), Greek artist * Panayiotis Zavos, Greek Cypriot reproductive biologist


Other uses of the name

* MV ''Panagiotis'', a ship now wrecked on the shore of the Greek island of Zakynthos


See also

*
Panayiotou Panayiotou (Παναγιώτου; also transcribed as Panagiotou) is a surname of Greek origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Andreas Panayiotou (born 1966), Cypriot footballer * Andreas Panayiotou Filiotis (born 1995), Cypriot footbal ...
/Panagiotou, the surname equivalent * Panayot (disambiguation) * Panait


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