Meaning Of Name Nancy

Nancy is an english pet form of the name ann english and greek.

Meaning of name nancy. Nancy is a traditionally feminine name meaning favor or grace it has hebrew and french roots and was introduced to england in the 1200s as a nickname for anne or ancy the latter itself. It has 38 variant. Nancy is a very popular first name for women 12 out of 4276 top 1 and also a very popular surname for both adults and children 60390 out of 150436 top 40.

In the 1940s and is presently at 839. In the 18th century it began being used in its own right as well as a nickname for ann. The name nancy is widely used.

Census nancy reached its top position of 7 in the u s. Nancy is also an english pet form of the name hannah english french german hebrew and yiddish as well as an english pet form of anna. Nancy originated as a contraction of mine ancy with ancy being a nickname for annis a medieval english variation of agnes.