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Fanny - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Fanny
 
 

 



The girl name Fanny [ 2 syll. fan-ny, fa-nny ] is pronounced FAENiy KEY. Fanny's origin is Italian, and its use, English. Fanny is a variant of Franziska (German). Fanny is a pet form of Frances (English).

Fanny is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1907, 0.030% of baby girls were given the name Fanny. Its ranking then was #348. The baby name has since fallen from favor, and is of only very light use today. In 2007, within the group of girl names directly linked to Fanny, Frances (English) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Fanny include Fannie (English), Fima (Russian), Fina (English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Irish), Fiona (English, German, and Scottish), and Fíona (English and Irish).

KEY: Pronunciation for Fanny: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


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