Nansen - Meaning of Nansen

What does Nansen mean?

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Nansen

[ syll. nan-sen, na-ns-en ] The baby boy name Nansen is pronounced as NAENSAHN †. The origin of Nansen is Swedish. The name means son of Nancy.

Nansan, Nansin, Nanson, Nansun, and Nansyn are variant transcriptions of Nansen.

See also the related category son (heir).

Nansen is unusual as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Nansen include Nansan, Nanson, Nansun, Nachshon, Nahom, Nahoom, Nahoum, Nahum, Nakin, Naman, Namann, Nansin, Nansyn, Naomhan, Naquan, Naseam, Naseem, Naseim, Nasiem, and Nasim.

† approx English pronunciation for Nansen: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"