Fănică

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/fənikə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Fănică is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Fane + -ică.

rarermore common
  • RORomania1 in 2.7K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 64K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 111K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Romania (measured from records)

8,002 people, 2023

Sources
35 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Romania

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Fanica in RO Romania, US United States, ES Spain and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Fane + -ică.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fănică counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Fănică is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RO Romania#5418,0021 in 2.7K8KFanica35
IT Italy—≈560 est.≈1 in 111K—Fanica13
ES Spain—2111 in 237K222Fanica24
HR Croatia—661 in 64K66——
US United States—≈32 est.≈1 in 11M—Fanica29
GY Guyana—21 in 375K2—1

8,002 people counted by DEPABD — name-day population snapshot, 2023, counting the spelling fănica. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DEPABD — name-day population snapshot; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Fănică is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Romania

    Also written Fanica, Fãnica, Fănica, Fanică

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Fanică, Fǎnicǎ, Fănica, Fanica

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania

    Also written Fanica

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Fănică Luca, b. 1894Fănică Dănilă, b. 1938Fănică Costea, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalSalut Fănică,Hi Fănică, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Fănică
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
RO RomaniaDEPABD — name-day population snapshot20234.6K—
RO RomaniaDEPABD — resident population names20234.6K—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Fănică mean, and where does it come from?
From Fane + -ică. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Fănică?
A machine transcription gives /fənikə/ (IPA) for Romanian.
Is Fănică a male or female name?
Fănică is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Fănică have the most bearers?
In Romania, the national register counted about 8.0 thousand people named Fănică, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fanica.
Where is Fănică most common?
Fănică is densest in Romania, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Fănică?
In Romania, the national register counted 8,002 people named Fănică in 2023, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.
How common is Fănică compared with other names?
In Romania, Fănică is the 541st most common given name of 34,167 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fănică” — the 541st most common given name in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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