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What does Nanna mean?
Nanna 
as a name for girls has its root in Hebrew, and the name Nanna means "He (God) has favored me". Nanna is a version of Nan (Hebrew): variant and diminutive of Ann.
Variations
VARIANTS Nanny, Nannie▼, Nania, Nana
RELATED FORMS VIA NAN Nance, Nanci, Nancie, Nancy▼, Nanella, Nanine, Nanon, Ninon
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Nanne, ..
(male) Nanne, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Nanna Esperanza (N.E.), ..
How popular is Nanna?
Nanna is an uncommon first name for women but a very popular last name for both adults and children (#42134 out of 150436, Top 28%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Nanna entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its apex rank of #1403 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Nan, Nana, Nanci, Nancie, Nancy (#839 FROM RECENT DATA), Nannie and Nanny are the popular varying forms of Nanna listed in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of Nanna was at its most widespread 8 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 1.78%) and has become much diminished since (ADOPTION 0.02%, DOWN 99%).
Similar Names
Nanna is alike in pronunciation to Nani, Nanney, Nanni, Neena, Neenah, Neina, Nena, Neneh, Nenna, Nina▼, Nona▼, Nonah, Noni, Nonie, Nonna, Nonnah, Nonnie, Nyna and Pnina. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Canna, Dagna, Dahna, Danna, Dawna▼, Eanna, Fauna, Gafna, Gana, Gianna▲, Hajna, Hana▲, Hanna▼, Hinna, Honna, Ianna, Ioanna, Janina, Janna▼, Jenna▼, Jinna, Lanna, Leanna, Lianna▲, Linna, Lonna, Naama, Nadena, Nadina, Nadra, Naila, Naima, Nalea, Nanda, Nann, Nanor, Naoma, Nava, Ninfa, Osanna, Ranna, Rianna▼, Roanna, Sanna, Seanna, Tahna, Taina▼, Vana, Vanina, Vanna, Venna, Wanna, Yana, Yanna, Yoanna and Zanna. These names tend to be more frequently used than Nanna.
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