Fanny

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

1) English pet form of Frances (see Franciscus) ^{[1] [2]}

2) Pet form of Stefanie (see Stephanus) ^[1]

3) Swedish, Norwegian and Danish spelling of Fanný ^[3]

Related Names

Fanni	♀
Fannie	♀
Fanny	♀
Fanný	♀

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

2 March

Sweden

9 February

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Fanny
Accusative:	Fanny
Dative:	Fanny
Genitive:	Fannyjar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1788 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		7580	10064	0	0
Denmark[5]		347	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[6]		267	574	0	0
Finland[7]		n.a.	10106	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][5][6][7]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Own theory. No references found, yet.
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi