Nânï

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Nânï is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From nani (“beauty”). Also a short form of numerous female compound names ending in -nani.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 51K(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 84K
  • NONorway1 in 342K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

958 people

Sources
103 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 51K (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

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 nani (“beauty”). Also a short form of numerous female compound names ending in -nani.

Sources 5

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nânï 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 Nânï is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India9581 in 1.4M958—20
AR Argentina8971 in 51K897—55
US United States2551 in 1.3M1.1K—103
CH Switzerland1001 in 84K100—9
ES Spain961 in 521K97—73
NO Norway161 in 342K38—3
DK Denmark101 in 587K13——

958 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)

Nânï is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name34 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Nàni, Naní, Nanï, Nänï, Näní

  • English surname50 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, India

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Naeni, NäNi, Nanì, Nan-I, Naní

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Nânï under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nânï mean, and where does it come from?
From nani (“beauty”). Also a short form of numerous female compound names ending in -nani. Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and Dizionario dei cognomi italiani and 3 other sources.
Is Nânï a male or female name?
Nânï is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Nânï have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 958 people named Nânï, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Nânï most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nânï is densest in Argentina — about 1 in 51 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Nânï?
In India, the national register counted 958 people named Nânï, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.

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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, “Nânï”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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