Gender: F
Origin: Diminutive of FRANCES
Meaning: "free man"
As this word is less often used to mean derriere, it becomes more possible to view Fanny as the kind of appealingly quaint nickname name, like Josie and Nellie, that many parents are favoring now.
Nicknames & Variations:
Fannia,
Fanni,
Fannee,
Fania,
Fanney,
Fan,
Fannie