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Across the world, Nanni (Nanni , ناني , Нани ) is a common primarily girly, but very seldom masculine given name. The forename Nanni is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Libya, where it is quite a common largely feminine, but infrequently boy's name, Sudan, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Egypt, where it is quite a rare primarily female, but very seldom masculine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Egypt, and Sudan. Likewise, Nanni is the last name as well as the forename.
Nanni is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nanni , the operatic character in the opera L'infedeltà delusa by Joseph Haydn; a peasant, in love with Sandrina.