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Meaning & Origins
Of uncertain origin. From the 18th century it is clearly used as a pet form of Ann (see Nan), but it may originally have been a similar formation deriving from the common medieval given name Annis, a vernacular form of Agnes. Nowadays it is an independent name, and was especially popular in America in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. A meaning of the name Nancy is Grace.
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English: habitational name from Gravely in Cambridgeshire or Graveley in Hertfordshire. The first is possibly from Old English græf ‘pit’, ‘trench’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The second is from Old English grǣfe, grāf(a) ‘grove’, ‘copse’ + lēah.
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Nicknames & variations
Nanci, Nance, Nan, Nanncy, Nana
Graves, Gravitt, Gravelle, Graver, Gravley, Gravel, Gravatt, Gravett, Graven, Graveline
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