Jannik

Jannik is a North Germanic given name, primarily Danish, that developed as a diminutive or variant of Jan, itself the Low German and Scandinavian form of Johannes, the Latin rendering of the Greek Ioannes, ultimately from the Hebrew Yohanan meaning God is gracious. The name has been in steady use in Denmark and northern Germany for several centuries and gained broader international recognition through Danish tennis player Jannik Sinner, though Sinner is actually Italian, and through other Scandinavian public figures. Related forms include Jannek, Jannick, and Yannick, the last being the Breton and French equivalent rooted in the same Hebrew source.