Nancy

English diminutive of Ann or Agnes, Hebrew; Greek

"grace; pure"

Updated Wed Oct 15 2025

Nancy Origin and Meaning

Variation of Nan

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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 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