Fanny is a feminine given name. It originated as a diminutive of the English given name

Frances Frances is an English given name or last name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'the French.' The male version of the name in English is Francis (given name), Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "F ...

or the French

Françoise Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the English Frances or Italian Francesca) and may refer to: * Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress * Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress ...

, both meaning " free one", and of the Spanish name "Estefanía" and the French name

Stéphanie Stéphanie is a French feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1984), Belgian noble; wife of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg *Princess Stéphanie (disambig ...

, both meaning "

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". Fanny was a popular independent given name as well as a

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of other popular names in the 1700s and 1800s. Usage of the name has been steadily declining in the

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since the end of the 19th century. In

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, fanny has been a vulgar

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term for

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since the 1830s. In

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, fanny is a slang term for the

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that has been in use since World War I. In New Zealand in 2023, the Registrar-General declined to accept the name for a baby's birth certificate because it might cause offense. The name Fanny or Fannie has remained well-used in other languages and other countries. In the United States, the name Fanny and the spelling variant Fannie are still well-used by the

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cultural group, who speak

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.https://amishamerica.com/what-are-common-amish-names/ The name also remains in regular use in other countries, including France, Germany, Hungary, Denmark, and Sweden.

Women

Given name

* Fanny Adams (1859–1867), English murder victim * Fanny Alving (1874–1955), Swedish poet and novelist *

Fanny Ardant Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born 22 March 1949) is a French actress and film director. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two César Awards and a Lumière Award. Early life Ardant was born on 22 March 1949, in Saumur, ...

(born 1949), French actress * Fanny Arden (1859–1955), New Zealand artist * Fanny Altendorfer, Austrian luger who competed in the late 1920s * Fanny Balbuk (1840–1906), prominent Noongar Whadjuk woman who lived in Perth, Western Australia * Fanny Bastien (born 1961), French actress * Fanny Amelia Bayfield (died 1891), English-born Canadian artist and educator * Fanny de Beauharnais (1737–1813), French lady of letters and salon holder, born Marie-Anne-Françoise Mouchard *

Fanny Bendixen Fanny Bendixen ( 1820 May 2, 1899) was a Canadian hotelier and saloonkeeper during the gold rush period in British Columbia. Bendixen was an important figure in the service industry surrounding the Cariboo gold rush The Cariboo Gold Rush wa ...

(1820–1899), hotelier and saloon keeper during the gold-rush period in British Columbia *

Fanny Blood Frances "Fanny" Blood (1758 – 29 November 1785) was an English illustrator and educator, and longtime friend of Mary Wollstonecraft. Early life Blood was born in 1758, the daughter of Matthew Blood the Younger (1730–1794) and Caroline Roe ( ...

(1758–1785), English illustrator and educator and longtime friend of Mary Wollstonecraft * Fanny Yarborough Bickett (1870–1941), American social worker and political hostess *

Fanny Blankers-Koen Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen (; 26 April 191825 January 2004) was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed there as a 30-year-old mother of two, earning ...

(1918–2004), Dutch track and field athlete, Olympic and world champion and world record holder * Fanny Blomé (born 1989), Swedish model and beauty pageant titleholder * Fanny Bornedal (born 2000), Danish actress * Fanny Bouvet (born 1994), French diver * Fanny Brennan (1921–2001), French-American surrealist painter * Fanny Britt (born 1977), Canadian playwright and translator living in Quebec * Fanny Brownbill (1890–1948), Australian pioneering politician *

Fanny Buitrago Fanny Buitrago is a Colombian fiction writer and playwright best known for her novel ''Señora de la miel''. She was born in Barranquilla, Colombia between 1943 and 1945. Early life Fanny Buitrago was born in Barranquilla, Colombia between 1943 ...

(born 1943), Colombian fiction writer and playwright * Fanny Cadeo (born 1970), Italian showgirl, model, television personality and singer * Fanny Calder (1838–1923), promoter of education in domestic subjects in Liverpool *

Fanny Cano Fanny Cano Damián (28 February 1944 – 7 December 1983) was a Mexican actress and producer. Death Cano died on 7 December 1983, in an airplane accident in Madrid, Spain. Her flight was an Iberia Boeing 727 which was about to take off for Rome ...

(1944–1983), Mexican actress and producer * Fanny Carby (1925–2002), British actress *

Fanny Carlsen Fanny Carlsen was a German screenwriter of the silent era. As she was Jewish she was likely forced to emigrate with the Nazi Party's coming to power in 1933, although her exact fate is unknown.Nelmes & Selbo Selected filmography * '' The Yellow D ...

, German screenwriter of the silent era * Fanny Carrió (fl. 1879–1949), Uruguayan liberal feminist * Fanny DuBois Chase (1828–1902), American social reformer and author * Fanny Chmelar (born 1985), German alpine skier * Fanny Chollet (born 1991), Swiss pilot * Fanny Churberg (1845–1892), Finnish landscape painter * Fanny Clamagirand (born 1984), French classical violinist * Fanny Clar (1875–1944), French journalist, writer and socialist *

Fanny Colonna Fanny Colonna (1934 - 18 November 2014) was a French-Algerian Sociologist and Anthropologist. She was also a former Professor at Tizi Ouzou University. Biography Colonna was born in El Milia, and was the daughter of a French civil servant " ...

(1934–2014), French-Algerian sociologist and anthropologist * Fanny Jackson Coppin (1837–1913), African-American educator and missionary * Fanny Corbaux (1812–1883), British painter and biblical commentator *

Fanny Cornforth Fanny Cornforth (born Sarah Cox; 3 January 1835 – 24 February 1909) was an English artist's model, and the mistress and muse of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Cornforth performed the duties of housekeeper for Ross ...

(1835–1909), model and mistress of painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, real name thought to be Sarah Cox * Fanny Corri-Paltoni, English operatic soprano active in Europe between 1818 and 1835 *

Fanny Cory Fanny Young Cory (October 17, 1877 – July 28, 1972) was a cartoonist and book illustrator best known for her comic strips ''Sonnysayings'' and ''Little Miss Muffet''. Cory was one of America's first female syndicated cartoonists. She went by ...

(1877–1972), American artist and illustrator best known for her comic strip ''Little Miss Muffet'' * Fanny Cottençon (born 1957), French actress * Fanny Crosby (1820–1915), American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer * Fanny Curtis (1908–2003), American sportswoman * Fanny Currey (1848–1917), Irish horticulturalist and watercolour painter * Fanny Davenport (1850–1898), Anglo-American stage actress * Fanny Vining Davenport (1829–1891), English actress * Fanny Davies (1861–1934), British pianist * Fanny Deakin (1883–1968), English politician *

Fanny Deberghes Fanny Deberghes (born 21 February 1994) is a French swimmer. She competed for the French team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympi ...

(born 1994), French swimmer * Fanny Murdaugh Downing (1831–1894), American author and poet * Fanny Duberly (1829–1903), English soldier's wife who wrote a journal of her experiences * Fanny Eagles (1836–1907), British Anglican deaconess * Fanny Edelman (1911–2011), Argentine politician *

Fanny Carter Edson Fanny Carter Edson (October 5, 1887 – June 10, 1952) was an American petroleum geologist, She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1910 and returned to further specialize in Precambrian geology, earning her master's degree in 1913.A ...

(1887–1952), American petroleum geologist * Fanny Elssler (1810–1884), Austrian ballerina * Fanny Elsta (1899–1978), Norwegian opera singer * Fanny Fields (1880–1961), American singer, dancer and comic entertainer * Fanny Fischer (born 1986), German sprint canoer * Fanny Furner (1864–1938), Australian activist for the rights of women and children * Fanny Garrido (1846–1917), Spanish writer * Fanny Gjörup (1961–2001), Swedish actress * Fanny Chambers Gooch (1842–1913), American author * Fanny Good (1860–1950), New Zealand artist * Fanny Grattan Guinness (1831–1898), British writer, evangelist and trainer of missionaries * Fanny Hausmann (1818–1853), Slovenian writer and poet * Fanny Herrero (born 1974), French television screenwriter * Fanny Hertz (1830–1908), British educationalist and feminist * Fanny Hjelm (1858–1944), Swedish visual artist * Fanny Holland (1847–1931), English singer and comic actress * Fanny Howe (born 1940), American poet, novelist and short story writer * Fanny Ingvoldstad (1857–1935), Norwegian painter * Fanny Jacques-André-Coquin (born 1987), stage name

Fanny J Fanny Jacques-André-Coquin better known as Fanny J (born in Cayenne in French Guiana on 6 October 1987) is a French singer of zouk and contemporary R&B. Career She started very early in music taking part in various local music competitions in ...

, French singer * Fanny Kaplan (1890–1918), Russian attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin, born Feiga Haimovna Roytblat * Fanny Kekelaokalani (1806–1880), member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and mother of a Queen consort *

Fanny Ketter Fanny Lucille Ketter (born 22 January 1996 in Lilla Uppåkra, Sweden) is a Swedish actress. She is daughter to visual artist and musician Clay Ketter and Jenny Mark Ketter, communications officer at IM, a Swedish N.G.O. Fanny started samhäll ...

(born 1996), Swedish actress * Fanny Lam Christie (born 1952), Hong Kong sculptor * Fanny Lång (born 1996), Swedish footballer * Fanny Langdon (1864–1899), American zoologist *

Fanny Law Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun (; ' Fan; born 24 February 1953) is a former non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. She was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017. Law held the posts of S ...

(born 1953), Hong Kong civil servant * Fanny Létourneau (born 1979), Canadian synchronized swimmer * Fanny Lewald (1811–1889), German author and feminist * Fanny López Jiménez (born 1970), Mexican archaeologist * Fanny Loy (1917-unknown), Argentine actress, dancer and singer *

Fanny Mendelssohn Fanny Mendelssohn (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era who was known as Fanny Hensel after her marriage. Her compositions include a string quartet, a piano trio, a piano quartet, an or ...

(1805–1847), German composer and pianist, sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn * Fanny Mikey (c. 1930–2008), Argentine-born Colombian actress, theatre producer and entrepreneur * Fanny Mills (1860–1899), British-American circus performer * Fanny E. Minot (1847–1919), American public worker * Fanny Moser (baroness) (1848–1925), Swiss noblewoman * Fanny Moser (scientist) (1872–1953), Swiss-German zoologist * Fanny Murray (1729–1778), English courtesan * Fanny Östlund (born 1997), Swedish tennis player * Fanny Bury Palliser (1805–1878), English writer on art and lace * Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923), American author, lecturer and activist * Fanny Peltier (born 1997), French sprinter * Fanny Addison Pitt (1847–1937), English actress * Fanny Runnells Poole (1863–1940), American writer and book reviewer * Fanny Puyesky (1939–2010), Uruguayan lawyer, writer and dramatist known as "the first feminist" of Uruguay *

Fanny Ramos Fanny Ramos (born 26 June 1995) is a French kickboxer and Nak Muay Farang. She is the current WMC European Mini Flyweight champion and has unsuccessfully challenged for the ISKA Atomweight World K-1 title. At the amateur level, she was th ...

(born 1995), French kickboxer * Fanny Raoul (1771–1833), French feminist writer, journalist, philosopher and essayist * Fanny Rinne (born 1980), German field hockey player * Fanny Rosenfeld, also known as Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904–1969), Canadian multi-sport athlete *

Fanny Rozet Fanny Rozet (1881–1958; née Stéphanie Amélie Mismaque), was a French sculptor. She was known for her Art Deco sculptures, decorative objects, and lamps. She was the first female student to attend L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Ar ...

(1881–1958), French sculptor * Fanny Rubio (born 1949), Spanish academic * Fanny Rush, British portrait painter * Fanny Searls (1851–1939), American doctor and botanical collector * Fanny Sidney (born 1987), French actress, director and screenwriter * Fanny Smith (born 1992), Swiss freestyle skier *

Fanny Cochrane Smith Fanny Cochrane Smith (; December 1834 – 24 February 1905) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian considered to be the last fluent speaker of the Flinders Island lingua franca and thus the Tasmanian languages. Her wax cylinder recordings of songs are t ...

(1834–1905), Aboriginal Tasmanian considered the last fluent speaker of the Flinders Island lingua franca and thus the Tasmanian languages * Fanny Bixby Spencer (1879–1930), American philanthropist and antiwar writer * Fanny Stål (1821–1889), Swedish pianist *

Fanny Stollár Fanny Stollár (born 12 November 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. On 19 May 2025, she peaked at world No. 50 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 19 November 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 114. Stollár has won four doubles tit ...

(born 1998), Hungarian tennis player * Fanny Sunesson (born 1967), Swedish golf caddie * Fanny Tenret (born 1990), French footballer * Fanny Tercy (1782–1851), French historical novelist * Fanny Vágó (born 1991), Hungarian footballer * Fanny Valette (born 1986), French actress * Fanny Waterman (1920–2020), English musician, founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition * Fanny Westerdahl (1817–1873), Swedish dramatic stage actress

Pet form of Frances

Fanny Alger Fanny W. Alger Custer (c. September 30, 1816 – November 29, 1889) was possibly the first List of the wives of Joseph Smith, plural wife of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Biography Alger was born to Samuel Alger ...

(1817–1889), American alleged first plural wife of Latter Day Saints founder Joseph Smith * Fanny Allen (1784–1819), first woman from New England to become a Catholic nun *

(1758–1785), English illustrator and educator, and longtime friend of Mary Wollstonecraft * Fanny Brawne (1800–1865), engaged to poet John Keats *

Fanny Brough Frances Whiteside Brough (7 July 1852 – 30 November 1914) was a French-born British stage actress known for her many comedy roles performed over a four decade-long career. Part of a literary and dramatic family, Brough was acting professiona ...

(1852–1914), British stage actress *

Frances Burney Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Meckle ...

(1752–1840), English novelist, diarist and playwright * Fanny Chamberlain (1825–1905), American First Lady of Maine * Fanny Crosby (1820–1915), American Methodist rescue mission worker, poet, lyricist and composer * Fanny Durack (1889–1956), Australian swimmer * Fanny Fitzwilliam (1801–1854), English stage actress and theatre manager *Fanny Hamlin (born 1987), also known as

Faye (musician) Fanny Matilda Dagmar Hamlin (born 23 October 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden), known professionally as Faye, is a former Swedish singer, songwriter, and model. She was the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Play in the early 2000s.Allmusic.comPlay - ...

, Swedish former singer, songwriter, and model * Fanny Imlay (1794–1816), illegitimate daughter of the British writer and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft *

Fanny Kemble Frances Anne Kemble (later Butler; 27 November 180915 January 1893) was a British actress from a Kemble family, theatre family in the early and mid-nineteenth century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist whose published wor ...

(1809–1893), English actress, writer and anti-slavery figure * Fanny Knight (1793–1882), English niece and correspondent of the novelist Jane Austen *

Frances Nelson Frances "Fanny" Nelson, Viscountess Nelson, Duchess of Bronte ( Frances Herbert Woolward, formerly Nisbet; (1758 4 May 1831)) was the wife of Horatio Nelson, the British naval officer who won several victories over the French during the Fre ...

(1761–1831), wife of Admiral Horatio Nelson * Frances Sargent Osgood (1811–1850), American poet * Fanny Parkes (1794–1875), Welsh travel writer *

Fanny Rowe Frances Mabel Morton (née Rowe, 26 June 1913 – 31 July 1988) was an English stage, film and television actress. Early years Rowe was born in Preston, Lancashire, the daughter of a parson, and educated at Channing School For Girls in Hig ...

(1913–1988), English stage, film and television actress * Fanny Steers (1797–1861), English watercolourist, landscapist, author and composer *

Fanny Stevenson Frances Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson (10 March 1840 – 18 February 1914) was an American magazine writer. She became a supporter and later the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the mother of Isobel Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, ...

(1840–1914), wife of writer Robert Louis Stevenson * Frances Wimperis (1840–1925), New Zealand artist

Pet form of Francesca

* Fanny Cerrito (1817–1909), Italian ballet dancer and choreographer

Pet form of Francisca

* Fanny Anitùa (1887–1969), Mexican contralto opera singer

Pet form of Françoise

* Fanny Dillon (1785–1836), French noblewoman * Fanny Geefs (1807–1883), Belgian painter of Irish descent * Fanny Mosselman (1808–1880), Belgian noble and salonist * Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1781–1862), Bohemian harpist and composer

Pet form of Franziska

* Fanny von Arnstein (1758–1818), Austrian socialite and salonnière * Fanny Elssler (1810–1884), Austrian ballerina * Fanny Hausmann (1818–1853), Slovenian writer and poet of German origin * Fanny Schreck (1877–1951), German actress * Fanny von Starhemberg (1875–1943), Austrian politician *

Fanny Tarnow Franziska Christiane Johanna Friederike "Fanny" Tarnow (17 December 1779, Güstrow – 4 July 1862, Dessau) was a German author. She wrote under the names Fanny Tarnow and F.T. Family background Fanny Tarnow was the first child of the lawyer and ...

(1779–1862), German writer born

Pen name

Fanny Cradock Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey (26 February 1909 – 27 December 1994), better known as Fanny Cradock, was an English restaurant critic, television cook and writer. She frequently appeared on television, at cookery demonstrations and in print with ...

, English restaurant critic, television cook and writer Phyllis Pechey (1909–1994) * Fanny Fern, Sara Willis (1811–1872), American newspaper columnist, humorist, novelist and author of children's stories

Stage name

Fanny Brice Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, Illustrated Songs, illustrated song model, singer, and actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances. Sh ...

, American comedian, actress and singer Fania Borach (1891–1951) *

Fanny Heldy Fanny Heldy (29 February 1888 – 13 December 1973) was a Belgian lyric soprano opera singer. Life Born Marguerite Virginie Emma Clémentine Deceuninck in Ath (some sources say Liège), Hainaut Province, Belgium, she graduated from the Royal Co ...

, Belgian operatic soprano born Marguerite Virginie Emma Clémentine Deceuninck (1888–1973) *

Fanny Lu Fanny Lucía Martínez Buenaventura (born 8 February 1973), better known professionally as Fanny Lu, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, and actress from Cali, Santiago de Cali, Colombia. She studied at the University of the Andes (Colombia), U ...

, Colombian singer-songwriter and actress Lucía Martínez Buenaventura (born 1973) *

Fanny Lumsden Edwina Margaret Lumsden, (born 18 December 1986) professionally known as Fanny Lumsden, is an Australian country music singer and songwriter. She has released 4 albums and 3 EPs. Biography Lumsden was born in Tallimba, a tiny town in central Ne ...

, Australian country music singer and songwriter Edwina Lumsden (born 1986)

Men

* Fanny Amun (born 1962), Nigerian former football player and coach * Fanny Walden (1888–1949), English footballer and cricketer

Fictional characters

Fanny Hill ''Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'' – popularly known as ''Fanny Hill'' – is an erotic novel by the English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748 and 1749. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London,Wagne ...

, the protagonist of ''Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'', an erotic novel by John Cleland * Fanny Price, heroine of Jane Austen's 1814 novel ''Mansfield Park'' * Fanny (''Guilty Gear''), video game character * Fanny (''Sesame Street''), children's television character * Flapper Fanny, cartoon character * Lord Fanny, from the DC Comics series ''The Invisibles'' * Madame Fanny La Fan, in the BBC sitcom ''Allo 'Allo!'' * Aunt Fanny, a comic character played by Fran Allison on the radio show '' Don McNeill's Breakfast Club'' * Aunt Fanny, in Enid Blyton's '' The Famous Five'' novel series * Fanny Ekdahl, in Ingmar Bergman's 1982 film ''

Fanny and Alexander ''Fanny and Alexander'' () is a 1982 Historical drama, period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. Follow ...

'' * Fanny, the main character in Marcel Pagnol's 1931 play '' Fanny'' and the 1932 film adaptation '' Fanny'' * Francine "Fanny" Fulbright (Numbuh 86), from the

Cartoon Network Cartoon Network (CN) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the Cartoon Network, Inc., a sub-division of the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched on ...

animated series '' Codename: Kids Next Door'' * Lady Stephanie 'Fanny' Button from the BBC sitcom ''

Ghosts In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from a ...

Animals

* Fanny (elephant) (born 1940s), female Asian elephant who spent the majority of her life in a small zoo in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

References

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