Nana
From the Greek for "grace". In Poland it stays rare: most people have never met a Nana, and the few given each year go to girls.
Nana Pronunciation
Nana is pronounced NAH-nah (/ˈnana/).
What Nana means
Where Nana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nana enters Greek as a short, affectionate form of Anna, and Anna itself reaches back to the Hebrew Hannah, meaning grace. The sense sits at the root here. Grace belongs to the origin of the name rather than being a label added by some later custom.
The same three letters travel widely. In Japan, Nana is a common girl's name, often written with the character that means seven. Across parts of West Africa, especially among the Akan of Ghana, Nana works as an honorific instead of a given name, a term of respect used for a grandparent or a chief. One spelling, three very different lives.
On a Polish class register, Nana would stand out between the Zuzannas and the Majas, brief and easy to call across a room. It keeps no diminutive of its own and manages without one. What the name holds onto is its meaning: grace.
How many people are named Nana
1 in 48796 women in Poland is named Nana. 470 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1368 among female names.
Nana's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1748 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021. Still the #1368 name among living women, even as it slips to #1748 among newborns.
Where Nana is most popular
Nana is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 girls born+510%
Nana as a middle name
Nana is a first name for 470 women in Poland and a middle name for another 18, a 96/4 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1732nd, between Mirabela (18) and Nataliia (18).
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#1730 Meta18
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#1731 Mirabela18
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#1732 Nana18
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#1733 Nataliia18
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#1734 Neomi18