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 Panagiota (), alternatively spelled as Panayiota, is a feminine Greek given name. It is derived from the Greek epithet Panagia (), meaning 'All-holy', for Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary. It has five Name day, name days (April 5, April 25, June 24, A ...

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 Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos may refer to: * Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos (general) * Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos (revolutionary) {{Disambiguation ...

, 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 Panagiotis Beglitis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Μπεγλίτης) (born 25 February 1957, Velo) is a Greek politician, who from 2004-07 was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, part of the Party of ...

, Greek politician *

Panagiotis Chinofotis Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis (, also transliterated ''Panayiotis Khinofotis'', born 12 August 1949) is a retired Hellenic Navy officer, who served as the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff from 2005 to 2007. He was also a mem ...

, Greek admiral and politician *

Panayiotis Chronis Panagiotis Chronis (; born 18 July 1984) is a Greek football player. Chronis was previously on the books of Ethnikos Asteras F.C. during the 2002–03 Beta Ethniki The Football League () was the second highest professional football league ...

, 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 Panayiotis Demetriou (, born 6 May 1939) is a Cypriot politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party. He is a member of the Democratic Rally The Democratic Rally (, ΔΗΣΥ, DISY) is a Christian democ ...

, 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 Panayiotis "Yiotis" Engomitis (Greek: Παναγιώτης "Γιώτης" Εγκωμίτης; born 26 May 1972) is a Cypriot football coach and a former midfielder who played for Ethnikos Achnas, Anorthosis Famagusta and PAOK. Honours Anorthos ...

, 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 *

, 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) Panayiotis Loizides is a Cypriot businessman. He has been the secretary-general of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce since 1975, and is the chairman of RCB Bank RCB Bank (formerly Russian Commercial Bank) was an international bank founded in 1995 ...

, Cypriot businessman *

Panagiotis Manias Panagiotis "Panos" Manias (, alternate spelling: Panayiotis, 1933 – 10 July 2020) was an international basketball player, track athlete and bridge player from Greece. During his club playing career, he played at the power forward position. Tr ...

, Greek basketball player *

Panagiotis Markouizos Panagiotis Markouizos (, born August 13, 1980, in Athens) is a Greek figure skater. He is a multiple Greek national champion. His highest placement at an ISU championship was 33rd at the 2001 European Figure Skating Championships.International S ...

, Greek figure skater and six-time Greek champion *

Panagiotis Meltemis Panagiotis Meltemis (, born Panagiotis K. Papadopoulos (Παναγιώτη Κ. Παπαδόπουλου) 1918-1978) was a Greek poet and writer from Messinia. Biography Meltemis was born in Kopanaki in 1918. He participated at Aetos Middle Scho ...

, Greek poet *

Panayiotis Panayiotou Panagiotis Panagiotou (; born 27 September 1988 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Cypriot professional footballer who plays as a full-back for MEAP Nisou in the Cypriot Second Division. Previously he played for Digenis Morphou on loan from APOEL. He h ...

Cypriot football player *

Panos Panagiotopoulos Panos Panagiotopoulos (Greek: Πάνος Παναγιωτόπουλος; born 11 December 1957) is a Greek politician of the New Democracy party. Panagiotopoulos was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009. He was the spokes ...

, 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 Panagiotis Pipinelis (; 21 March 1899 – 19 July 1970) was a Greek politician and diplomat. He was born on 21 March 1899 in the port city of Piraeus. He studied Law and Political science at the University of Zurich and, in 1920, at the Albert L ...

, 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

and Prime Minister of Greece * Panayiotis Pounnas Cypriot footballer * Panagiotis Roumeliotis, Greek politician *

Panagiotis Sarris Panagiotis Sarris (born 14 September 1975) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean GamesPanagiotis Sekeris, Greek merchant and member of the

* 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 Panagiotis ("Panos") Skourletis (; born 1 January 1962 in Athens) is a Greek politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). He served as the Minister of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy from 18 July to 28 August 2015 ...

, Greek politician *

Panagiotis E. Souganidis Panagiotis E. Souganidis (Παναγιώτης E. Σουγανίδης) is an American mathematician, specializing in partial differential equations. Biography Souganidis graduated in 1981 with B.A. from the National and Kapodistrian University of ...

, 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 Panayiotis Spyrou() born October 17, 1976, in Nicosia, Cyprus is a Cypriot football defender who last played for Anagennisi Dherynia. His former teams are Alki Larnaca, Olympiakos Nicosia, APOEL and Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Parali ...

, 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 Panayiotis Varotsos (; born November 28, 1947 in Patras) is a Greek physicist and former professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Athens, notable for his VAN method to predict earthquakes. His group claims the ability to ident ...

, Greek academic and physicist *

Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, commonly known as Panos Vasilopoulos (alternate spellings: Panayiotis, Vassilopoulos) (Greek: Παναγιώτης "Πάνος" Βασιλόπουλος; born February 8, 1984) is a Greek former professional basketball pla ...

, 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 Panagis Vourloumis (; 1867–1950) was a Greek politician, lawyer and economist. He was a finance minister and one of the main collaborators of Eleftherios Venizelos. He studied law at the University of Athens and worked in Marseille as the direc ...

, Greek politician *

Panayiotis Xiourouppas Panikkos Xiourouppas () (born September 4, 1968) is a Cypriot retired professional football player and current football manager ''Football Manager'', also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008, is a series ...

, Cypriot footballer *

Panayiotis Yamarelos Panayiotis Yamarellos (, 19??-2006), also called as Panos Yamarellos/Giamarellos, was a Greek retired university professor of medical jurisprudence and arguably the most famous coroner in Greece, based in Athens. He was for many years the Head of ...

, 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 Panayiotis Michael Zavos (), or Panos Zavos (, ), is a physiologist who was born in Cyprus and later emigrated to the United States. Zavos has been the subject of controversy for making unsubstantiated claims that he can clone human beings. Aca ...

, Greek Cypriot reproductive biologist

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

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