Surname Spotlight: Nanni

Genealogists group Nanni with Nannini. Its meaning, shared with Nannini, is “Little Giovanni”.

Family crest and blazon

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Nanni and Nannini

Nanni is listed among the recognised spellings of Nannini. Other spellings include Nannetti.

932 Americans were listed as Nanni in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. French birth records list 420 children named Nanni between 1891 and 2000. There were 5 such births in the 1890s and 38 in the 1990s. Get the complete Nanni report, with a museum-style coat of arms.