Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇦🇹 Nanett
/nah · NET/
Meaning
“Grace”
German short form of Nanette, itself a diminutive of Anne from Hebrew Hannah meaning 'grace'; the clipped spelling is the German preference.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Feels mid-20th century German; unlikely to revive, but not entirely forgotten.
The cultural moment.
Common in German-speaking countries in the 1950s and 1960s; rare in new births today.