Nanki
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Nanki by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Nanki. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Nanki
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nanki. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nansigrace; a form of Nancy41 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nandijoy, delight, happiness19 in the US (2017)
- Nanibeautiful17 in the US (2017)
- Naokivaries by kanji; commonly straight or honest tree7 in the US (2017)
- Nancigrace; a form of Nancy5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Naomipleasantness3,828 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nanki
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