|
||||||
Nancy is a classic favorite. Currently it is still a fairly popular baby name for girls, though not to the extent it was before. At the peak of its usage in 1947, 1.784% of baby girls were named Nancy. Its ranking then was #7. The baby name has since suffered a steep fall in popularity, and is now of occasional use. In 2007, its usage was only 0.043% and its ranking #363. Out of the group of girl names directly related to Nancy, Anna (Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic) was the most frequently used. In 2007, its use outnumbered Nancy's by 9 times. The name Nancy has been predominantly given to girls, though it has also been used as a boy name in the past century. In 1952, 505 times as many girls than boys were given the name Nancy. Baby names that sound like Nancy include Nessa (English), Nessie (Scottish and English), Nicki (German), Nickie (English), Nicky (English), Nike (German), Niki (German), Nikki (English), Nisa (Arabic, Italian, and Turkish), Nadzieja (Czech and Polish), Ness (Scottish), Nice (Italian), Nick (English), and Nunzia (Italian). KEY: Pronunciation for Nancy: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" Details of famous persons named Nancy:
|
