Fanny
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English, equivalent to English Fanny. Borrowed from English Fanny.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Fanny (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Fanny has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 392 |
| 1999 | 354 |
| 2000 | 323 |
| 2001 | 278 |
| 2002 | 293 |
| 2003 | 268 |
| 2004 | 216 |
| 2005 | 208 |
| 2006 | 177 |
| 2007 | 165 |
| 2008 | 144 |
| 2009 | 130 |
| 2010 | 116 |
| 2011 | 119 |
| 2012 | 96 |
| 2013 | 83 |
| 2014 | 74 |
| 2015 | 65 |
| 2016 | 61 |
| 2017 | 37 |
| 2018 | 47 |
| 2019 | 32 |
| 2020 | 40 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2022 | 24 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,625 |
| 2000 | 5,895 |
| 2001 | 6,138 |
| 2002 | 6,402 |
| 2003 | 6,633 |
| 2004 | 6,813 |
| 2005 | 6,982 |
| 2006 | 7,119 |
| 2007 | 7,254 |
| 2008 | 7,388 |
| 2009 | 7,499 |
| 2010 | 7,580 |
| 2011 | 7,668 |
| 2012 | 7,748 |
| 2013 | 7,803 |
| 2014 | 7,851 |
| 2015 | 7,880 |
| 2016 | 7,919 |
| 2017 | 7,942 |
| 2018 | 7,960 |
| 2019 | 7,945 |
| 2020 | 7,961 |
Fanny in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Fanny.Hi! My name is Fanny.
- Fanny ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Fanny called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Fanny har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Fanny has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Fannys mamma är lärare.Fanny's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Fannys mamma is Fanny's mum.
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Questions about Fanny
How do you pronounce Fanny in Swedish?
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What does the name Fanny mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English, equivalent to English Fanny. Borrowed from English Fanny.
How popular is Fanny in Sweden?
24 babies were named Fanny in 2022. In 2020, 7,961 people in Sweden had Fanny as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.