Given name
Fabienne
“one who grows beans”
In French use, Fabienne is a feminine form of Fabian. One Latin interpretation is “one who grows beans.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Fabienne is a feminine form of Fabian. One Latin interpretation is “one who grows beans.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Fabienne is a feminine form of Fabian. An origin associated with Fabian is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Fabienne is a feminine form of Fabien.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fabienne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 489
- 0 boys · 489 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,468 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fabienne’s family of names
In French usage, Fabienne has a diminutive in FABY. Fabienne is a feminine form of Fabian. In French usage, Fabienne has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Fabiola.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fabienne has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fabienne
- Amélie NothombBelgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
- Fabienne SuterSwiss alpine skierborn 1985
- Fabienne FeraezBeninese athletics competitor (born 1976)
- Fabienne HummAssociation footballerborn 1986
- Fabienne KellerFrench politicianborn 1959
- Fabienne Reutelersnowboarderborn 1979
- Fabienne SerratFrench alpine skierborn 1956
- Fabienne KohlmannGerman track and field athleteborn 1989
- Fabienne SchlumpfSwiss steeplechase and long-distance runnerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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