Given name & surname
Nanci
“a woman graced with God's favor”
Nanci is a variant of Nancy. In English use, Nancy carries the interpretation “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nanci is a variant of Nancy. In English use, Nancy carries the interpretation “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nanci through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,474
- 0 boys · 6,474 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 222 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 222 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,910 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 1
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.
People named Nanci
- Nanci GriffithAmerican singer-songwriter (1953-2021)
- Nanci ChambersCanadian actressborn 1963
- Nanci ParrilliArgentine politicianborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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