Given name
Nanie
“a charming woman”·“one who is beautiful”
Nanie is a variant of Nani. Interpretations include “a charming woman” and “one who is beautiful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nanie is a variant of Nani. Interpretations include “a charming woman” and “one who is beautiful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nanie is a variant of Nani. Nani has been associated with Greek and Hawaiian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nanie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 778
- 0 boys · 778 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 32 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 1947. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1914. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 121 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: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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