Given name
Fanya
“woman from France; one who is free”
Fanya is a variant of Frances. In Latin use, Frances carries the interpretation “woman from France; one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fanya is a variant of Frances. In Latin use, Frances carries the interpretation “woman from France; one who is free.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fanya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 0 boys · 30 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 8 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 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 415 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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