Photios (), also written as Fotios, is a Greek name, latinized as Photius.
It commonly refers to Saint Photios I of Constantinople (c. 810/820 – 893), an Eastern Orthodox scholar and Patriarch of Constantinople.
A modern diminutive variant is Fotis ().
Notable people with the name include:
Saint Photius the Martyr, a Christian martyr under Emperor Diocletian (died 305) Photios (Emirate of Crete) (), Byzantine renegade and admiral of the Emirate of Crete Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1431) Archimandrite Photius Spassky (1792–1838), Russian Orthodox archimandrite of Yuriev Monastery in Novgorod Photius Fisk (1807/1809 – 1890), a chaplain in the U.S. Navy Photios of Korytsa (1862–1906), Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Korçë Patriarch Photius of Alexandria (1853–1925) Patriarch Photius II of Constantinople (1874–1935) Charles-Marie-Photius Maurras (1868–1952), a French author, politician, poet, and critic who was a founder of Action Française Photis Kontoglou (1895–1965), Greek writer and iconographer Michael Photios (born 1960) Fotios Katsikaris (born 1967), Greek basketball coach Photis Stephani (born 1971), Cypriot pole vaulter Fotios Lampropoulos (born 1983), Greek basketball player Fotios Vasilopoulos (born 1986), Greek basketball player Fotios Zoumpos (born 1993), Greek basketball player