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What does Nanny mean?
Nanny 
as a girls' name is a Hebrew name, and the name Nanny means "He (God) has favored me". Nanny is a variant form of Anne (Hebrew): the English respelling of Hannah. Nanny is also a variation of Nan (Hebrew): variant and short form of Ann. Nanny is also used as a variation of Nancy (Hebrew). See also Nana
Variations
VARIANTS Nonie, Nona▼, Nina▼, Nannie▼, Nanni, Nanney, Nanna, Nania, Nana
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ANNE, HANNAH, NAN, NANCY Ann▼, Anna▼, Anni, Anny, Hajna, Hana▲, Hanah, Hanja, Hanka, Hanna▼, Hanne, Hannie, Hanny, Honna, Nainsey, Nainsi, Nance, Nancee, Nancey, Nanci, Nancie, Nancsi, Nanete, Nanice, Nanine, Nann, Nanncey, Nanncy, Nanon, Nanor, Nansee, Nansey, Netty, Ninon, Ninor
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Nany, ..
(male) Nanne, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Nanny Maura (N.M.), ..
How popular is Nanny?
Nanny is an uncommonly occurring first name for females but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#54522 out of 150436, Top 36%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Nanny reached its top rank of #1955 in the U.S. in the 1880s, but is not listed currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Nanny listed in the Top 2000 are Hannah (#33 VIA LATEST LIST), Anna (#54), Nina (#319), Hanna (#561), Anne (#599), Hana (#727), Nancy (#839), Ann (#983), Nona, Nannie, Nanna, Nancee, Nancie, Nanci, Nana, Nan, Hanah and Nonie. Other variants, like Honna, are seldom used. These relations of Nanny were at the height of their popularity 138 years ago (ADOPTION OF 4.27%) and are now significantly less common (ADOPTION 0.76%, ▼82.2%), with forms like Nannie going out of style. Anna has been the top favorite, though Hannah is currently the top form.
Similar Names
Nanny is alike in pronunciation to Nani, Neena, Neina, Nena, Neneh, Nenna, Nonah, Noni, Nonna, Nonnah, Nonnie and Nyna. Other recommended sound-alike names are Benny, Binny, Bonny▼, Bunny, Cinny, Conny, Dabny (see Dabney), Dagny, Danny, Dany, Denny, Dinny, Donny, Evanny, Fanny▼, Franny, Genny, Ginny, Hany, Janny, Jany, Jenny▼, Jinny, Konny, Lanny, Minny, Nady, Nanda, Natty, Penny▼, Rainy, Renny, Ronny, Sanny, Sinny, Suanny, Sunny▲, Swanny, Tawny, Vinny and Winny. These names tend to be more commonly used than Nanny.
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