Given name & surname
Nanette
“a woman graced with God's favor”
Nanette is a form of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Nanette carries the interpretation “a woman graced with God's favor.” Nanette is a form of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
Nanette is used as a form of Anna.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nanette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,894
- 0 boys · 16,894 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 772 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,412 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,412 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 772 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,369 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.
Nanette’s family of names
Nanette is a form of Anna. Nanette has a related form in Nettie. In English usage, Nanette has a related form in Nannette.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Nettievariant
- Ninettevariant
- Nannettevariant · English
- Nettevariant
- Nannavariant
- Nanettavariant
- Nettyvariant
- Naninevariant
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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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nanette
- Nanette BarragánU.S. Representative from Californiaborn 1976
- Nanette NewmanBritish actressborn 1934
- Nanette GuilfordAmerican musician, singer and opera singer (1903-1990)
- Nanette BursteinAmerican director, producer, writerborn 1970
- Nanette KaullaJewish-German (Banker and financier)1812–1876
- Nanette Bordeauxactress (1911-1956)
- Nanette MedvedFilipina actressborn 1970
- Nanette SchutteDutch tennis playerborn 1962
- Nanette WorkmanAmerican singer-songwriterborn 1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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