Panagiotis or Panayiotis ( el, Παναγιώτης, ), "Παν" (all) "άγιος" (holy or saint) suffix "-της" (which can mean "of the"), is a common male Greek name. It derives from the Greek epithet
Panagia
Panagia ( el, Παναγία, fem. of , + , the ''All-Holy'', or the ''Most Holy''; pronounced ) (also transliterated Panaghia or Panajia), in Medieval and Modern Greek, is one of the titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern ...
or ''Panayia'' ("All-Holy") for
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
. The feminine form of the name is Panagiota or Panayiota (Παναγιὡτα).
Having 3 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 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 of ...
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), Pit (Πιτ), while Panagiota or Panayiota is commonly reduced to Giota or Yiota (Γιώτα), and Nota (Νότα).
Notable people
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Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos
Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos ( el, Παναγιώτης Αναγνωστόπουλος; c. 1790–1854) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence and a member of Filiki Eteria, the secret organization whose purpose was ...
, Greek revolutionary and member of the
Filiki Eteria
Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends ( el, Φιλικὴ Ἑταιρεία ''or'' ) was a secret organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek state. (''ret ...
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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
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Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician
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Panayiotis Chronis, Greek football player
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Panagiotis Danglis
Panagiotis Danglis ( el, Παναγιώτης Δαγκλής; – 9 March 1924) was a Greek Army general and politician. He is particularly notable for his invention of the Schneider-Danglis mountain gun, his service as chief of staff in the Bal ...
, Greek general and politician
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Panayiotis Demetriou, Cypriot politician
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Panagiotis Doxaras
Panagiotis Doxaras ( el, Παναγιώτης Δοξαράς) (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 name ...
, Greek painter of the 17th/18th century
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Panayiotis Engomitis, Cypriot football midfielder
Panagiotis Evgeniou Cypriot businessman
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Panagiotis Fasoulas
Panagiotis "Panos" Fasoulas (alternate spelling: Fassoulas; Greek: Παναγιώτης Φασούλας; born May 12, 1963 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek politician and former professional basketball player. He was selected in the second round by ...
, Greek basketball player and politician
* Panagiotis Gennadius, Greek botanist and agronomist
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Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis ( el, Παναγιώτης Γιαννάκης, ; born January 1, 1959), alternatively spelled Panayiotis Yiannakis or Yannakis, is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. As a player, he was primarily a poin ...
, Greek basketball player and coach
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Panayiotis Kafkis, Greek professional basketball player
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Panos Kammenos
Panagiotis "Panos" Kammenos ( el, Παναγιώτης "Πάνος" Καμμένος, ; 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 Par ...
, Greek politician
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Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos or Panayotis Kanellopoulos ( el, Παναγιώτης Κανελλόπουλος; 13 December 1902, in Patras, Achaea – 11 September 1986, in Athens) was a Greek writer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece. He w ...
, Greek politician and two-time prime minister of Greece
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Panagiotis Karatzas (died 1824), Greek revolutionary leader
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Panagiotis Karatzas, Greek basketball player.
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Panos Karnezis
Panagiotis Karnezis ( el, Παναγιώτης (Πάνος) Καρνέζης; born 1967 in Amaliada), known as Panos Karnezis, is a Greek writer. Born in Greece, he moved to England in 1992 to study Engineering. He was later awarded a M.A. in Crea ...
, Greek writer
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Panagiotis Kavvadias
Panagiotis (Panagis) Kavvadias or Cawadias or Cavvadias ( el, Παναγιώτης / Παναγής Καββαδίας) (2 May 1850 – 20 July 1928) was a Greek archaeologist. He was a prominent excavator and archaeological administrator, res ...
, Greek archaeologist
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Panayiotis Kokoras
Panayiotis Kokoras ( el, Παναγιώτης Κόκορας; 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 ...
, Greek composer
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Panagiotis Kondylis
Panagiotis Kondylis ( el, Παναγιώτης Κονδύλης; german: Panajotis Kondylis; 17 August 1943 – 11 July 1998) was a Greek philosopher, intellectual historian, translator and publications manager who principally wrote in German, in ...
, Greek social scientist and historian of philosophy
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Panayiotis Kythreotis
Panayiotis Kythreotis ( el, Παναγιώτης Κυθρεώτης; 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
A ...
, Cypriot football player
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Panagiotis Lafazanis
Panagiotis Lafazanis ( el, Παναγιώτης Λαφαζάνης, ; 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 J ...
, Greek politician
* Panayotis
Alexi Lalas
Panayotis Alexander "Alexi" Lalas ( el, Αλέξης Λάλας; born June 1, 1970) is an American retired soccer player who played mostly as a defender. Lalas is best known for his participation with the United States men's national soccer te ...
, American soccer player
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Panagiotis Lagos
Panagiotis Lagos ( el, Παναγιώτης Λαγός; 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 ...
, Greek football player
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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) is an international bank founded in 1995 a ...
, Cypriot businessman
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Panagiotis Manias
Panagiotis "Panos" Manias ( el, Παναγιώτης "Πάνος" Μανιάς, alternate spelling: Panayiotis, 1933 – 10 July 2020) was an international basketball player, track athlete and bridge player from Greece. During his club playing ca ...
, Greek basketball player
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Panagiotis Markouizos
Panagiotis Markouizos ( el, Παναγιώτης Μαρκουίζος, 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 Europ ...
, Greek figure skater and six-times Greek champion
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Panagiotis Meltemis
Panagiotis Meltemis ( el, Παναγιώτης Μελτέμης, born Panagiotis K. Papadopoulos (Παναγιώτη Κ. Παπαδόπουλου) 1918-1978) was a Greek poet and writer from Messinia.
Biography
Meltemis was born in Kopanaki in 19 ...
, Greek poet
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Panayiotis Panayiotou Cypriot football player
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Panos Panagiotopoulos
Panos Panagiotopoulos (Greek: Πάνος Παναγιωτόπουλος; born 11 December 1957) is a Greek politician from the New Democracy who was Minister for Culture and Sport from June 2013 to June 2014, having previously been Minister for ...
, Greek politician
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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 XX ...
, Greek fashion designer based in Sweden
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Panayiotis Paphides, British journalist
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Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos
Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos ( el, Παναγιώτης Παρασκευόπουλος, 1875 – 8 July 1956) was a Greek athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, and the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris. He was born in ...
, Greek athlete, 1896 and 1900 Olympics
* Panayotis Pascot, French comedian and actor
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Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Panagiotis Pikrammenos ( el, Παναγιώτης Πικραμμένος, ; born 1945) is a Greek judge and politician who since 9 July 2019 serves as the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece.
He briefly served as the caretaker Prime Minister of Gre ...
, 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 o ...
and Prime Minister of Greece
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Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek diplomat, politician and Prime Minister of Greece
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Panagiotis Poulitsas, 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 o ...
and Prime Minister of Greece
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Panayiotis Pounnas
Panikos Pounnas ( el, Πανίκος Πούννας; born August 14, 1969) is a Cypriot former international soccer, football midfielder.
He started and ended his career in Anorthosis Famagusta FC, Anorthosis Famagusta, playing solely for the Fa ...
Cypriot footballer
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Panagiotis Sarris
Panagiotis Sarris (born 14 September 1975) is a retired Greece, Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
He won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games , Greek sprinter
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Panagiotis Sekeris, Greek merchant and member of the
Filiki Eteria
Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends ( el, Φιλικὴ Ἑταιρεία ''or'' ) was a secret organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek state. (''ret ...
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Panayiotis Simopoulos, Greek model
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Panagiotis Skagiopoulos, Greek merchant and philanthropist
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Panos Skourletis, Greek politician
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Panagiotis E. Souganidis, Greek mathematician
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Panagiotis Soutsos
Panagiotis Soutsos ( el, Παναγιώτης Σοῦτσος; 1806 – 25 October 1868), was a Greek poet, novelist and journalist born in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey). He was the brother of the satirist Alexandros Soutsos and cousi ...
, Greek poet
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Panayiotis Spyrou, Cypriot football defender
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Panagiotis Stroubakos
Panagiotis Stroubakos ( el, Παναγιώτης Στρουμπάκος; born 8 September 1972 in Athens) is a retired Greek middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.Panagiotis Tachtsidis
Panagiotis Tachtsidis ( el, Παναγιώτης Ταχτσίδης; born 15 February 1991) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Emirati club Khor Fakkan.
Club career
AEK Athens
Tachtsidis was scouted by Toni Savevsk ...
, Greek footballer
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Panayiotis Tetsis
Panayiotis Tetsis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Τέτσης; 1925 – 5 March 2016) was a Greek painter. Tetsis was an exponent of the post-impressionistic seascape tradition.
Life and work
Born in 1925 on the island of Hydra, where he spen ...
, Greek painter
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Panagis Tsaldaris
Panagis Tsaldaris (also Panagiotis Tsaldaris or Panayotis Tsaldaris; el, Παναγιώτης (Παναγής) Τσαλδάρης; 5 March 1868 – 17 May 1936) was a Greek politician and the 48th Prime Minister of Greece. He was a revered conse ...
, Greek politician and two-time prime minister of Greece
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Panayiotis "Peter" Vagenas, American soccer player
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Panayotis Varotsos, Greek academic and physicist
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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
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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 fr ...
, Greek inventor
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Panagis Vourloumis, Greek politician
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Panayiotis Xiourouppas
Panikkos Xiourouppas ( el, Πανίκκος Ξιούρουππας) (born September 4, 1968) is a Cypriot retired professional football player and current football manager. He started his career in with Ermis Aradippou, while he played mainly fo ...
, Cypriot footballer
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Panayiotis Yamarelos
Panayiotis Yamarelos (, 19??-2006), also called as Panos Yamarelos/Giamarelos, 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 t ...
, Greek academic and coroner
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Panayiotis Zavos
Panayiotis Michael Zavos ( el, Παναγιώτης Ζαβός), 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 ...
, Greek Cypriot reproductive biologist
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Takis Takis may refer to:
* Takis (snack), a spicy, roll-shaped snack
* Takis Christoforidis, a Greek actor
* Takis Fotopoulos, a Greek political philosopher
* Takis Ikonomopoulos, a Greek football player
* Takis Kanellopoulos a Greek film director
* T ...
, Greek artist
Other uses of the name
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MV ''Panagiotis'', a ship now wrecked on the shore of the Greek island of Zakynthos
See also
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Panayot (disambiguation)
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Panait
References
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Greek masculine given names