Nancy Forename
123rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,452,918 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico
Nancy Forename Definition:
A typically English metathesis of Anne, perhaps influenced by the Italian Nanna, a diminutive of Anne, and German Anncheny likewise a diminutive (of Anne). ‘A gipsy name,’ remarks Charles Williams in his Tarot novel, The Greater Trumps, 1932.
Read More About This ForenameNancy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,449,292 | 1:250 | 26 |
| Mexico | 100% | 222,093 | 1:559 | 110 |
| Kenya | 100% | 163,477 | 1:283 | 36 |
| Colombia | 100% | 154,564 | 1:309 | 44 |
| Argentina | 100% | 106,456 | 1:402 | 102 |
| Canada | 100% | 102,657 | 1:323 | 33 |
| Philippines | 99% | 95,456 | 1:1,111 | 227 |
| Egypt | 100% | 94,019 | 1:977 | 176 |
| Peru | 100% | 90,157 | 1:353 | 49 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 89,320 | 1:338 | 34 |
| Ecuador | - | 80,864 | 1:219 | 29 |
| Cuba | - | 63,263 | 1:182 | 39 |
| Chile | 100% | 49,179 | 1:358 | 79 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 48,562 | 1:3,656 | 643 |
| Uganda | 100% | 36,233 | 1:1,130 | 193 |
| Ghana | 100% | 31,239 | 1:864 | 193 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 30,567 | 1:347 | 70 |
| Belgium | 100% | 30,333 | 1:379 | 75 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 29,357 | 1:278 | 19 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 25,124 | 1:141 | 28 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 24,741 | 1:293 | 40 |
| England | 100% | 24,462 | 1:2,273 | 360 |
| Sudan | 98% | 19,831 | 1:1,906 | 354 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 19,735 | 1:3,741 | 520 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 18,998 | 1:848 | 181 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18,298 | 1:2,980 | 549 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 17,394 | 1:972 | 209 |
| Malawi | 99% | 16,647 | 1:1,028 | 222 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 16,605 | 1:628 | 88 |
| Liberia | 99% | 15,833 | 1:279 | 49 |
| India | 100% | 14,892 | 1:81,579 | 10,210 |
| Brazil | 100% | 14,685 | 1:14,589 | 1,479 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 14,208 | 1:3,715 | 647 |
| Honduras | 100% | 11,966 | 1:737 | 133 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 10,278 | 1:2,299 | 551 |
| Mozambique | - | 10,080 | 1:2,703 | 595 |
| Haiti | 100% | 9,741 | 1:1,101 | 168 |
| Germany | 100% | 9,607 | 1:10,063 | 703 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9,290 | 1:763 | 179 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 8,751 | 1:1,763 | 320 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 8,444 | 1:406 | 89 |
| Zambia | - | 8,059 | 1:1,967 | 371 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 7,613 | 1:33,885 | 4,507 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 7,425 | 1:4,101 | 444 |
| France | 100% | 6,791 | 1:9,788 | 638 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 6,120 | 1:5,035 | 788 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6,096 | 1:782 | 166 |
| El Salvador | - | 6,046 | 1:1,049 | 185 |
| Jordan | 100% | 5,811 | 1:1,519 | 323 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5,671 | 1:992 | 215 |
| China | - | 5,213 | 1:262,048 | 19,359 |
| Gabon | 100% | 5,011 | 1:376 | 44 |
| Australia | - | 4,557 | 1:2,997 | 489 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,796 | 1:12,258 | 853 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,656 | 1:1,270 | 226 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,626 | 1:3,136 | 631 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3,301 | 1:1,621 | 268 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,288 | 1:1,380 | 313 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,933 | 1:54,368 | 4,535 |
| Congo | 86% | 2,819 | 1:1,777 | 279 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,729 | 1:7,919 | 1,042 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2,711 | 1:2,220 | 407 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,147 | 1:1,441 | 305 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,057 | 1:4,792 | 546 |
| Panama | 100% | 2,015 | 1:1,939 | 389 |
| Gambia | - | 1,845 | 1:1,044 | 198 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,596 | 1:346 | 20 |
| Denmark | - | 1,453 | 1:3,888 | 514 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,396 | 1:416 | 79 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,286 | 1:1,843 | 194 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,272 | 1:55,083 | 5,721 |
| Namibia | - | 1,248 | 1:1,926 | 379 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,217 | 1:50,174 | 1,353 |
| Angola | - | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,187 | 1:4,324 | 566 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,150 | 1:1,900 | 335 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1,079 | 1:4,217 | 603 |
| Portugal | - | 969 | 1:10,744 | 641 |
| Senegal | 99% | 923 | 1:15,798 | 1,024 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 919 | 1:8,937 | 954 |
| Morocco | - | 901 | 1:38,123 | 1,790 |
| Fiji | - | 863 | 1:1,034 | 230 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 849 | 1:27,997 | 4,867 |
| Togo | - | 824 | 1:8,785 | 1,321 |
| Singapore | 100% | 751 | 1:8,372 | 1,564 |
| Jamaica | - | 686 | 1:4,203 | 719 |
| Vanuatu | - | 663 | 1:395 | 79 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Poland | 94% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Greece | 100% | 585 | 1:18,692 | 950 |
| Iraq | 100% | 579 | 1:60,480 | 1,912 |
| Hong Kong | - | 575 | 1:13,483 | 1,212 |
| Oman | - | 469 | 1:8,760 | 1,097 |
| Swaziland | - | 436 | 1:2,982 | 627 |
| Kuwait | - | 427 | 1:8,865 | 1,074 |
| Bahamas | - | 376 | 1:1,062 | 265 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 372 | 1:1,516 | 271 |
| Belize | 100% | 335 | 1:1,058 | 211 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 333 | 1:69,297 | 4,673 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 327 | 1:5,637 | 602 |
| Israel | 100% | 327 | 1:25,697 | 2,175 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 304 | 1:513 | 151 |
| Bahrain | - | 266 | 1:5,070 | 791 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 249 | 1:5,468 | 936 |
| Japan | - | 248 | 1:516,073 | 11,236 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 237 | 1:463 | 61 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 234 | 1:1,155 | 258 |
| Russia | 100% | 209 | 1:690,113 | 6,784 |
| French Polynesia | - | 205 | 1:1,356 | 311 |
| Somalia | - | 199 | 1:67,969 | 3,157 |
| Tonga | - | 189 | 1:568 | 134 |
| Guam | - | 185 | 1:868 | 188 |
| Barbados | - | 184 | 1:1,575 | 367 |
| Finland | 100% | 177 | 1:30,978 | 1,372 |
| Austria | 100% | 164 | 1:51,916 | 1,544 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 153 | 1:1,270,312 | 20,526 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 151 | 1:8,595 | 1,159 |
| Malta | - | 142 | 1:3,024 | 498 |
| Czechia | 100% | 139 | 1:76,663 | 1,024 |
| Micronesia | - | 132 | 1:807 | 129 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 125 | 1:57,216 | 5,051 |
| Vietnam | - | 115 | 1:805,418 | 2,435 |
| Aruba | - | 104 | 1:998 | 202 |
| Bermuda | - | 101 | 1:642 | 124 |
| Guinea | 100% | 96 | 1:123,528 | 2,317 |
| Yemen | - | 88 | 1:298,827 | 1,992 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 78 | 1:657 | 54 |
| Brunei | 100% | 77 | 1:5,449 | 544 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 77 | 1:2,309 | 428 |
| South Korea | - | 66 | 1:84,006 | 4,586 |
| Guyana | 100% | 63 | 1:12,115 | 1,758 |
| Jersey | - | 62 | 1:1,613 | 326 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 61 | 1:1,005 | 219 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 58 | 1:598 | 113 |
| Central African Republic | - | 49 | 1:92,151 | 221 |
| Afghanistan | 75% | 46 | 1:709,207 | 10,196 |
| Croatia | 100% | 46 | 1:91,676 | 2,353 |
| Benin | 100% | 44 | 1:240,360 | 10,647 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 43 | 1:20,258 | 1,314 |
| Guernsey | - | 42 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| Estonia | 100% | 37 | 1:35,551 | 2,373 |
| Burundi | 100% | 36 | 1:275,182 | 656 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 36 | 1:14,699 | 1,294 |
| Iceland | 100% | 36 | 1:10,167 | 921 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 35 | 1:2,840 | 589 |
| American Samoa | - | 32 | 1:1,745 | 269 |
| Seychelles | - | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Monaco | 100% | 28 | 1:1,374 | 295 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:1,202 | 282 |
| Nauru | 100% | 26 | 1:459 | 50 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:726 | 114 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Syria | - | 22 | 1:877,549 | 3,098 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 21 | 1:875,213 | 25,284 |
| Turkey | 100% | 19 | 1:4,094,827 | 20,430 |
| Albania | 100% | 18 | 1:169,254 | 9,529 |
| Andorra | - | 18 | 1:4,605 | 419 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:2,729 | 536 |
| Georgia | - | 18 | 1:207,693 | 5,544 |
| Nepal | 100% | 18 | 1:1,582,631 | 27,915 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 18 | 1:136,598 | 3,266 |
| Romania | 100% | 17 | 1:1,179,528 | 22,131 |
| Macau | - | 15 | 1:40,547 | 508 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 15 | 1:421 | 107 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Grenada | 100% | 14 | 1:7,723 | 1,094 |
| San Marino | 100% | 14 | 1:2,351 | 313 |
| Cambodia | - | 13 | 1:1,251,795 | 17,972 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Iran | - | 11 | 1:7,136,079 | 23,336 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Tunisia | - | 10 | 1:67,690 | 3,091 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Ukraine | - | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Moldova | - | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| South Sudan | 50% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Hungary | 97% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
The alternate forms: Nançy (4) are calculated separately.
Nancy (14,802) may also be a surname.
Nancy Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A typically English metathesis of Anne, perhaps influenced by the Italian Nanna, a diminutive of Anne, and German Anncheny likewise a diminutive (of Anne). ‘A gipsy name,’ remarks Charles Williams in his Tarot novel, The Greater Trumps, 1932.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A baptismal name formed from Nan, for Ann.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Old French (feminine) - A lamb.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Hebrew name, meaning: Grace.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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