Nancy-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAN-see-MAY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Nancy-May is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour + the month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Nancy-May mean?
Hebrew: Nancy + May
“grace, favour + the month of May”
Joins Nancy (Hebrew, “grace, favour”) and May (English, “the month of May”).
Meanings borrowed from Nancy and May.
Is Nancy-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Nancy-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nancy-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Nancy-May, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nancy-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Nancy-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
Names like Nancy-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nancy Maria Eliza Delilah Sara Elsie Eden Evelyn Ava Matilda Aria Ivy
Names related to Nancy-May
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nancy-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nancy-may, updated 20 October 2026.