Panagiotis

Panagiotis (Greek: Παναγιώτης), pronounced Panayiodis (mainland Greek) Banayiodis (Cypriot Greek) is sometimes phonetically transliterated as Panayiotis and Panayotis or Latinized as Panagiotes, it is a common male Greek name deriving from the epithet Panagia ("all-holy"), which is one of the titles of Mary, the mother of Jesus in Orthodox Christianity. Diminutive forms of the name are Panagis or a more phonetically transliterated as Panayis (Παναγής), Panos (Πάνος) and Takis (Τάκης). The female form of the name is Panagiota or a more phonetically transliterated as Panayiota and Panayota (Παναγιώτα), shortened to Giota or a more phonetically transliterated as Yiota and Yota (Γιώτα).