Name meaning & stats
Fanny
Fanny means “Frenchman, free” (Latin origin). 3,122 US babies since 1940, peak 1993.
What it means
“Frenchman, free”
LatinPet form of Frances
In US birth records
Peak year: 1993
3,122 US babies were named Fanny between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Fanny (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 6 Fannies spell it Fanny
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1993)