Fanu

given name · Latin script

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

Fanu is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in India.

rarermore common
  • INIndia
  • ETEthiopia
  • SGSingapore

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is 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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

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)

Fanu is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Fănu, Fânu

  • Hindi given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, China

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

    Also written Fan, ফানু, ফান, Fân

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Fanù

  • Amharic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, Italy, India, Nigeria

    Also written ፋኑ, Fenu, ፈኑ

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Saudi Arabia

    Also written Fânu

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania

    Also written Fânu

27 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Fanu is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In enm, alternative form of fane (“flag, vane”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ang, synonym of fana

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Mizo, daughter

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In bkx, eight

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

Is Fanu a male or female name?
Fanu 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 Fanu have the most bearers?
Fanu is most frequently recorded in India.

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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, “Fanu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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