Given name & surname
Fanni
“woman from France; one who is free”
Fanni is a variant of Frances. In Latin use, Frances carries the interpretation “woman from France; one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fanni is a variant of Frances. In Latin use, Frances carries the interpretation “woman from France; one who is free.”
Explained through its name family
Fanni’s family of names
Fanni has a related form in Frances. In Finnish usage, Fanni has a conventional equivalent in the English form Fanny. In Finnish usage, Fanni was borrowed from the English form Fanny.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fanni
- Fanni LuukkonenFinnish women's organization leader (1882–1947)
- Fanni PigniczkiHungarian rhythmic gymnast (2000-)
- Phannias ben Samuel1st century CE High Priest of Israel100
- Fanni IllésHungarian swimmerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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