Given name & surname
Fanta
“born on a beautiful day”
Fanta is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “born on a beautiful day.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “born on a beautiful day.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
How it developed
In English usage, Fanta as a surname developed from FANT.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fanta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,168
- 0 boys · 1,168 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 66 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #4,588 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,588 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 66 in 1977. In 2025, New York and Pennsylvania shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,620 as a first name in 2020; 613 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fanta’s family of names
In English usage, Fanta as a surname developed from the German form FANT. Fanta has a related form in Fantah. Fanta has a related form in Fantea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fanta has relatives in 15 languages.
12 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Fatoumataequivalent
- Fathimaequivalent
- Fatinahequivalent
- Fantroot · German
- фа́нтаUkrainian, Russian
- แฟนต้าThai
- फ्यान्टाNepali
- фантаMacedonian
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People named Fanta
- Fanta Régina NacroBurkinabé film directorborn 1962
- Fanta KeïtaFrench-Senegalese handball playerborn 1995
- Fanta SibyMalian physicianborn 1962
- Fanta DiagouragaCongolese handball playerborn 2000
- Keita FantaSenegalese judoka1981–2006
- Fanta BereteFrench politicianborn 1975
- Fanta Damba(Ségou, 1938) Malian singer and musician
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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