Fanya

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Bua (Chad): 'make' or 'do'; also Russian diminutive of Fayina, 'free one'

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

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

Fanya is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 802K(measured from records)
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 100Kas Фаня
  • RURussia≈1 in 581Kas Фаня

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Fanya itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

484 named Fania, 2022

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
124 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

FanyaLatin(measured from records)
ФаняCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Фаня in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, BG Bulgaria 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)

Bua (Chad): 'make' or 'do'; also Russian diminutive of Fayina, 'free one'.

Sources 1

  • African Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fanya 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 Fanya is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil—484as Fania1 in 437K503Fanya11
UA Ukraine#910≈440 est.≈1 in 100K—Фаня11
US United States—4151 in 802K410Fanya124
RU Russia—≈240 est.≈1 in 581K#1,018Фаня66
IL Israel—≈170 est.≈1 in 50K—Фаня6
BG Bulgaria—≈76 est.≈1 in 92K—Фаня16
CR Costa Rica—24as Fania1 in 212K24—2
UY Uruguay—16as Fania1 in 212K16——

484 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022, counting the spelling fania. 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)

Fanya is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

    Also written Fanyá

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Fanyá

  • Hebrew given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia

    Also written פאניה

  • Thai surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States

    Also written ฝั้นยะ, Funya, ฟานียา, ฟานยา, ฟานิยา

23 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)

Fanya is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swahili, knowledgeable

    as a nameAfrican Muslim Names

  • make

    as a nameAfrican Names

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Fanya,

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 10 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Fanya
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020410#23,544
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19778—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20166—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19756—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20205#23,544
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19735—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19725—

Reference works 1

  • Dictionary of American 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 Fanya mean, and where does it come from?
Bua (Chad): 'make' or 'do'; also Russian diminutive of Fayina, 'free one'. Recorded by African Names.
How do you pronounce Fanya?
A machine transcription gives /fɑnjə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Fanya a male or female name?
Fanya 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 Fanya have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 484 people named Fania, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Fanya?
In the United States, the national register counted 415 people named Fanya in 2020, about 1 in 802 thousand residents.
How common is Fanya compared with other names?
In Ukraine, Fanya is the 910th most common given name of 85,149 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, “Fanya” — the 910th most common given name in Ukraine. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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