Nanw
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAN-oo
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
Nanw is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies).
What does Nanw mean?
Hebrew: Welsh form of Ann, from Hannah
“grace, favour”
Traditional Welsh pet form of Ann, ultimately from Hebrew Hannah.
Is Nanw a girl's or a boy's name?
Nanw is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nanw in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Nanw, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nanw in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Nanw in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
Names like Nanw
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Raya, Layla, Kehlani, Nancy, Eden, Maryam, Sadie, Nora, Nova, Kalani, Elsie
Names related to Nanw
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Nanw: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nanw, updated 20 October 2026.