Nanah

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Nanah is a given name, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and Indonesian, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: pus (fluid found in regions of infection).

rarermore common
  • ZASouth Africa1 in 129K◐
  • GHGhana1 in 299K
  • NGNigeria1 in 321K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

1.4K ●

in 5 countries

Sources
58 ●

1.6K records

Official registry-verified

Meaning & origin●

pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Nanah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States322344 rec.——Nanah58
ZA South Africa263313 rec.—listedNanah9
NG Nigeria227308 rec.——Nanah19
ID Indonesia2069 rec.——Nanah28
FR France93125 rec.——Nanah24
EG Egypt6941 rec.——Nanah6
GH Ghana5761 rec.——Nanah8
PH Philippines5752 rec.——Nanah7
MY Malaysia2317 rec.——Nanah6
IN India189 rec.—1Nanah4
GB United Kingdom1819 rec.——Nanah12
DE Germany1616 rec.——Nanah6

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Languages●

  • English62030%
  • Indonesian32616%
  • Hindi20910%
  • Swahili20810%
  • Arabic1457%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English62030%
Indonesian32616%
Hindi20910%
Swahili20810%
Arabic1457%

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◐

Nanah is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese given name201 records spelled Nanah6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Nigeria

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Nanáh, Nánáh, Nanàh, Nánàh

32 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●

Nanah is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In zlm, matter, pus

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In ban, pus, matter

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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.

Evidence●

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Nanah
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19766—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19754—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19644—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19633—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19603—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19593—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19573—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19433—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20082#146,133
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19852—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19822—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19812—

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 41 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nanah?
Our records include 1,440 bearers of Nanah across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
In which country does Nanah have the most bearers?
Nanah is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled nanah.
Is Nanah a male or female name?
Nanah 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.
What does the name Nanah mean?
Recorded meaning: pus (fluid found in regions of infection)
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

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, “Nanah”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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