Nancy

See also: nancy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnænsi/
  • (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛənsi]
• Rhymes: -ænsi

Etymology 1

Medieval diminutive of Ann and Agnes. Compare Betsy, Patsy.

Proper noun

Nancy (plural Nancys or Nancies)

1. A female given name.
   • 1792, Robert Burns, Ae Fond Kiss:

     I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,
     Naething could resist my Nancy:
     But to see her was to love her;
     Love but her, and love forever.

   • 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 7, in Pollyanna‎^[1], L.C. Page, →OCLC:

     "And they've got lovely names, too. You'll like their names," sighed Nancy. "They're 'Algernon' and 'Florabelle' and 'Estelle'. I - I just hate Nancy!" "Oh, Nancy, what a dreadful thing to say! Why?" "Because it isn't pretty like the others. You see, I was the first baby, and mother hadn't begun ter read so many stories with the pretty names in them, then."

   • 2003, Ira Pohl, “Nested Classes”, in C# by Dissection: The Essentials of C# Programming, Boston, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 249:

     There are many Nancies and Jerries in the world. They get told apart by a further name, such as Nancy Lovelace, or Jerry Turing.

Derived terms

• nance, Nance
• nancyboy
• Nancy Dawson
• nonce

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: نَانْسِي (ar) f (nānsī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南希 (zh) (Nánxī)

• French: Nancy (fr) f
• Greek: Νάνσι (el) (Nánsi) (transliteration from English)
• Japanese: ナンシー (Nanshī)
• Korean: 낸시 (Naensi)
• Marathi: नॅन्सी (nĕnsī)
• Russian: Нэ́нси (ru) f (Nɛ́nsi)
• Welsh: Nansi

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Nancy

1. A city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, north-eastern France.

Translations

city in northeastern France

• Bulgarian: Нанси́ (Nansí)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南錫／南锡 (zh) (Nánxī)

• French: Nancy (fr) m
• German: Nanzig (de) n
• Marathi: नांसी (nāusī)
• Occitan: Nancí
• Russian: Нанси́ (ru) m (Nansí)

Anagrams

• Canny, canny

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nancy.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Nan‧cy
• IPA^(key): /ˈnansi/ [ˈn̪an̪.s̪ɪ]

Proper noun

Nancy

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Nancy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nan.si/

Proper noun

Nancy f

1. a female given name from English

Etymology 2

From the medieval name, Medieval Latin Nanciacum, from Old High German Nanzig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑ̃.si/

Proper noun

Nancy m

1. Nancy (a city, the prefecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France)

Derived terms

• nancéien
• Nancéien, Nancéienne

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Nancy f

1. a female given name

Derived terms

• Néné, Nénai
• Nénotte

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nancy.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnansi/ [ˈn̪an̪.sɪ]
• Rhymes: -ansi
• Syllabification: Nan‧cy

Proper noun

Nancy (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. a female given name from English