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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.
| 28th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a small hill or a man-made mound or barrow, Middle English how (Old Norse haugr), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Howe in Norfolk and North Yorkshire.
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Nicknames & variations
Nanci, Nance, Nan, Nanncy, Nana
Howell, Howes, Howerton, Howells, Hower, Howey, Howery, Hoye, Howeth, Howerter
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