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Related names | Frances, Fannie, Stephanie |
Fanny is a feminine given name. Its origins include diminutives of the French name Frances meaning "free one", and of the name "Estefanía", a Spanish version of Stephanie, meaning "crown". [citation needed]
The popularity of the name has been steadily declining since the end of the 19th century.[1] In British English, fanny has been a slang term for vagina or vulva since the 1830s. In American English, fanny is a slang term for the buttocks in use since World War I.[2] In New Zealand, the Registrar of Births will no longer accept the name for a baby's birth certificate.[3]