Given name & surname
Nanni
“God is gracious”
In Italian use, Nanni is a diminutive of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Original ItalianGiovanni
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Nanni is a diminutive of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Nanni is a diminutive of Giovanni.
Nanni’s family of names
In Italian usage, Nanni is a diminutive of Giovanni. In Italian usage, Nanni as a surname has a feminine form in Nanna. In German usage, Nanni has a related form in Nanny.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nanni has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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.
People named Nanni
- Nanni MorettiItalian screenwriter, film director, and actor (born 1953)
- Nanni LoyItalian film, theatre and TV director (1925-1995)
- Nanni GalliItalian racing driver1940–2019
- Nanni BalestriniItalian poet, author and artist (1935–2019)
- Nanni di BartoloItalian sculptor1450–1450
- Nanni di Baccio BigioItalian architect (1512-1568)
- Nanni CagnoneItalian poet and writer1939–2026
- Nanni SvampaItalian singer, writer and actor (1938–2017)
- Nanni BaldiniItalian voice actorborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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