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Nancy

OriginEnglish diminutive of Ann or Agnes, Hebrew or Greek
Meaning"grace or pure"
GenderGirl
US Rank#967

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NB Rank#260

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Famous Nancys

  • Nancy Hanks Lincoln

    mother of Abraham Lincoln

  • Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins)

    U.S. First Lady as wife of President Ronald Reagan

  • Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi

    former U.S. Speaker of the House

  • Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson

    American lead singer of band Heart

  • Nancy Sandra Sinatra

    American singer; daughter of singer/actor Frank Sinatra

  • Nancy Jean Cartwright

    American voice actress

  • Nancy Ann Kerrigan

    American Olympic figure skating champ

  • Nancy Nabil Ajram

    Lebanese pop singer

  • Nancy Ann Grace

    American legal commentator and prosecutor

  • Nancy Mitford

    English novelist

  • Nancy Justine McKeon

    American actress

  • Nancy Wake

    New Zealand agent in World War II

  • Nancy Laura Spungen

    girlfriend of the Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious

  • Anna Selina "Nancy" Storace

    English soprano

  • Nancy Jane Kulp

    American character actress

  • Nancy Ann Travis

    American actress

  • Nancy Cameron

    daughter of British Prime Minister, David Cameron

  • Nancy Leigh "Naleigh" Kelly (adopted 2009)

    daughter of American actress Katherine Heigl

  • Nancy Jewel McDonie

    American, Korean singer of girl group Momoland

  • Nancy "Ka Shen" Kwan

    Chinese,American actress

  • Nancy Ellen Guthrie (nee Long)

    mother of American news anchor Savannah Guthrie and subject of internationally-known 2026 missing persons case

Nancy in pop culture

  • Nancy Botwin

    main character on TV's "Weeds"

  • Nancy Drew

    mystery series created by Carolyn Keene and its main character

  • Nancy

    character in Dickens' "Oliver Twist"

  • Nancy

    character in Archie & Friends comics

  • Nancy Callahan

    character in novel/film "Sin City"

  • Nancy

    character on "Kimberly"

  • Nancy Nichols

    character on TV's "Doc"

  • Nancy Bobofit

    character in the 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' series

  • Nancy Ingeldew

    character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series

  • Nancy Downs

    character in movie "The Craft"

  • Nancy Landgraab

    character in "The Sims" (3&4) computer games

  • Nancy Wheeler

    character on TV's "Stranger Things"

  • Nancy Weston

    character on TV's "Thirtysomething"

  • Miss Nancy

    main character in novelette "The Sitter's Hand" by author Tina Tirrell

  • "Nancy Mulligan

    " song by Ed Sheeran

  • "Fancy Nancy

    " children's book and TV series

  • "For the Love of Nancy

    " 1994 made,for,TV movie

  • "Sid and Nancy

    " 1986 British biopic about Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen

  • Nancy Blackett

    main character in the "Swallows and Amazons" series

  • Nancy

    comic strip character

  • Nancy Shawcross

    character in "A God in Ruins" by Kate Atkinson

  • Nancy Goldfinch

    character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain

  • Nancy Landgraab

    character in the Sims franchise

Variations & nicknames

  • NancsiHungarian
  • NanigBreton
  • NaniGreek
  • NanouFrench
  • NannetteFrench
  • NanineFrench
  • NancsieHungarian
  • NainsíIrish Gaelic
  • NanéeArmenian

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