Given name & surname
Nannie
“one who is pure; chaste”·“a woman graced with God's favor”
Nannie is a diminutive of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.” Nannie is a variant of Nancy. In English use, Nancy carries the interpretation “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nannie is a diminutive of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.” Nannie is a variant of Nancy. In English use, Nancy carries the interpretation “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nannie is a diminutive of Agnes. An origin associated with Agnes is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Nannie is a diminutive of Ann. In English usage, Nannie is a diminutive of Annie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nannie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25,580
- 20 boys · 25,560 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 655 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 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 655 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,449 as a first name in 2020; 232 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nannie’s family of names
In English usage, Nannie is a diminutive of Ann. Nannie has a related form in Nancy. In English usage, Nannie is a diminutive of Annie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nannie has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nannie
- Nannie de VilliersSouth African tennis playerborn 1976
- Nannie Helen BurroughsAmerican activist (1879–1961)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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