Baby name

FADING GIRL · HEBREW-FRENCH-GERMAN
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Nanett

/nah · NET/


“Grace”

German short form of Nanette, itself a diminutive of Anne from Hebrew Hannah meaning 'grace'; the clipped spelling is the German preference.

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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.