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English
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Proper noun
Fanny
- A diminutive of Frances, also used as a female given name.
1883, Wilkie Collins, Heart and Science, Chatto and Windus, page 227:"My name is Frances. Don't call me Fanny!" "Why not?" "Because it's too absurd to be endured! What does the mere sound of Fanny suggest? A flirting dancing creature - plump and fair, and playful and pretty!"
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 48:They listened to the sound of Fanny’s retreating footsteps. ‘Well, well!’ said Marcus. ‘Oh, take no notice Jess. You know what our Frances Maud is like! It’s nothing to cry about!’ To her humiliation Jessamy found there were tears trickling down her cheeks. ‘Always getting worked up about something, Fanny is.’
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As she did so Fanny put down her book , stood up and stretched her arms, and at once Jessamy noticed a difference. It was the same Fanny but not the Fanny who climbed trees and tore her frock playing in the garden. It was as though a young lady film had settled over her, neatening her unruly hair, which was tied back with a large black bow, and primly composing her small mouth.
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Danish
Etymology
From English Fanny.
Proper noun
Fanny
- a female given name
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English Fanny, also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fanny f
- a female given name
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English Fanny.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fanny f
- a female given name
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Fanny.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fanny c (genitive Fannys)
- a female given name