Nanne
given name · Latin script
Meaning: name, in origin probably a nursery term, but in the Middle Ages also taken as a short form of various Gmc cpd names containing the element nand daring, brave (cf., e.g., Fer¬ dinand)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nanne is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 11K(measured from records)
- DKDenmark1 in 457as Nanna
- ISIceland1 in 1.3Kas Nanna
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 Nanne 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.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 89 (measured from records)
- 1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈55,000 named Dada, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Dada in NG Nigeria, BD Bangladesh, Dadi in TZ Tanzania and Dad in AF Afghanistan.
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)
name, in origin probably a nursery term, but in the Middle Ages also taken as a short form of various Gmc cpd names containing the element nand daring, brave (cf., e.g., Fer¬ dinand). Dims.: Nanneke, Nenneke. Patrs.: Nannen, Nansen, Nanning(a).
Sources 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nanne 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈55,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | listed | Dada | 38 |
| DK Denmark | 12,831as Nanna | 1 in 457 | 13K | — | 1 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 16K | 8 | Dadi | 11 |
| AF Afghanistan | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Dad | 20 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Dada | 14 |
| SE Sweden | 2,553as Nanna | 1 in 4K | 2.6K | Nanne | 5 |
| NL Netherlands | 1,603 | 1 in 11K | 1.2K | Nanne | 57 |
| FI Finland | 1,125as Nanna | 1 in 5K | 1.4K | Nanne | 7 |
| IS Iceland | 274as Nanna | 1 in 1.3K | 296 | — | — |
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: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Nanne is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Swedish: originally a short form of the Old Norse personal name Nannulf, composed of the elements nanp daring + ulfr wolf. Nowadays it is used as a pet form of ANDERS .
as a word
In Western Frisian, a female given name, masculine equivalent Johannus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian, a diminutive of the female given name Johanne
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, masculine accusative singular of nān
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In se, inflection of nanˈnet:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nanne Zwiepb. 1894NLDutch scout leader (1894–1942)
- Nanne van der Zijppb. 1900NLDutch theologian (1900–1965)
- Nanne Bosmab. 1933NLDutch writer and playwright (1933-1993)
- Nanne Bergstrandb. 1956SESwedish footballer and manager
- Nanne Nautab. 1959NLDutch poet
- Nanne Tepperb. 1962NLDutch writer (1962-2012)
- Nanne Dahlmanb. 1970FIFinnish female tennis player
- Nanne Emelieb. 1979DKDanish singer
- Nanne Sluisb. 1983NLDutch rower
- Nanne Meulendijksb. 1985NLDutch creator
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)
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 27 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 1.2K | #941 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 762 | #2,469 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 412 | #2,307 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 343 | #4,000 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 125 | #2,491 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 102 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 80 | #9,931 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 40 | #3,024 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 40 | #7,323 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 12 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Nanne mean, and where does it come from?
- name, in origin probably a nursery term, but in the Middle Ages also taken as a short form of various Gmc cpd names containing the element nand daring, brave (cf., e.g., Fer¬ dinand). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- How do you pronounce Nanne?
- A machine transcription gives /nən/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Nanne a male or female name?
- Nanne 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 Nanne have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 55 thousand people named Dada in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Nanne most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nanne is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though Nigeria holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Nanne?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,603 people named Nanne, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Nanne?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nanneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Nanne”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.