Fani

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Fanny in FR France, AR Argentina, VE Venezuela and 19 more and Fanni in HU Hungary, FI Finland, DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Fani is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name18K records spelled Fani6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Spain, India, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Fani, Fani', Fa'Ni, Fäñí

• a separate given name13K records spelled Fani6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Iran

  Also written Fanì, Fâni, Fânî, Faní, Fānī

• English given name11K records spelled Fani17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Brazil, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Fanì, Fäñï, Faní, Fâñî, Fänî

• Croatian given name3.9K records spelled Fani21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Bulgaria, United States, North Macedonia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian

  Also written Фани, Fanny, Fanî, Fanii, Fanì

• French given name3.1K records spelled Fani8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, South Africa, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Fäni, Fâni, Fanī, Fanī́, Fãnï

• Turkish given name2.9K records spelled Fani5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, India, Spain

  Also written Fanì, Fâni, Fânî

51 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●

Fani 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.

• ИЕ perishable; fleeting;

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

• In Akan, V. \red. femffim, fomfam] 1. to encircle with one's arms, to embrace; syn, bam, ye atu; abofrd no ab^fam mk kyh me atu, (he child embraced and hugged me with his arms. — J2. fam ho, to adhere closely, to cleave^ cling or stick to ; cf bata (ho) ; hama fam dua ho, the climber adheres to the tree. F. sure fam ho, it is coupled xcith fear, 1 Pet 3^2- — Cf afammoa, mfomfamho

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In Swahili, a field or discipline (course of study or domain of knowledge or practice)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Azerbaijani, perishable, mortal, transitory or transient, frail, inconstant

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, fan (e.g. of a soccer/football team)

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Fani Popova-Mutafovab. 1902BGBulgarian writer (1902-1977)
• Fanny Ginorb. 1911UAnot in their usual nameIsraeli economist
• Fani Palli-Petraliab. 1943GRGreek politician
• Fani Polymerib. 1964USCypriot singer
• Fani Willisb. 1971USAmerican attorney and District Attorney of Fulton County (born 1971)
• Fani Kołarovab. 1975BGBulgarian actress
• Fani Psathab. 1976GROlympic wrestler
• Fani Chalkiab. 1979GRGreek hurdler
• Fani Anagnostoub. 2000FRresearcher
• Fani Tzelib. 2001GRGreek taekwondo practitioner

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 500 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Fani?

We estimate roughly 175 thousand people bear Fani (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Fani have the most bearers?

Fani is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled fanny.

Where is Fani most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Fani is densest in Hungary — about 1 in 396 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Fani compared with other names?

In Argentina, Fani is the 562nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Fani a male or female name?

Fani 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.

What does the name Fani mean?

Recorded meaning: a diminutive of the female given name Estefanía