Nancy (given name)

Nancy is a common English name for females.

Origins

The name Nancy was originally a diminutive form of Anne or Ann. It began to be used as a proper name from the 18th century onwards.^[1]

People

Nancy may refer to:

• Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
• Nancy Alexiadi, Greek singer
• Nancy Allen (actress), American actress
• Nancy Allen (harpist), American harpist
• Nancy Lee Bass, American philanthropist.
• Nancy Benoit, American professional wrestling manager
• Nancy Carell, American comedian and actress, wife of Steve
• Nancy Carrillo, Cuban volleyball player
• Nancy Carroll, American actress
• Nancy Cartwright, American actress
• Nancy Dell'Olio, Italian lawyer
• Nancy Edberg, Swedish 19th-century swimmer
• Nancy Garrido, wife of sex offender and kidnapper Philip Garrido
• Nancy Goldsmith, Israeli Olympic gymnast
• Nancy Grace, American prosecutor & TV personality
• Nancy Greene, Canadian alpine skier
• Nancy Guillén (born 1976), Salvadoran hammer thrower
• Nancy Hayfield, American author, editor, and publisher.
• Nancy Hower, American actress, director, screenwriter and producer
• Nancy Kerrigan (born 1969), American figure skater
• Nancy Lieberman (born 1958), American WNBA Hall of Fame basketball player, general manager, and coach, Olympic silver medal
• Nancy Lynn, American entrepreneur, pilot, and public speaker
• Nancy McArthur, American children's author
• Nancy McCredie, Canadian track and field athlete
• Nancy McKeon, American actress
• Nancy McLeón, Cuban track and field athlete
• Nancy Marchand, American actress
• Nancy Metcalf, American volleyball player
• Nancy Mitford, English novelist and biographer
• Nancy O'Dell, American television host and entertainment journalist
• Nancy Pelosi, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• Nancy Reagan, former First Lady of the United States
• Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress
• Nancy Spungen, American ex-girlfriend of Sid Vicious and murder victim
• Nancy Vallecilla, Ecuadorian athlete
• Nancy Wilson (jazz singer), American jazz singer
• Nancy Wilson (rock musician), American musician and member of the band Heart
• Nancy Wilson (religious leader), current Moderator of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
• Nancy Wilson (journalist), Canadian television journalist
• Nancy Wu, Hong Kong actress
• Nancy Yi Fan, Chinese-American author

Fictional people

• Nancy (Oliver Twist), a character from Oliver Twist
• Nancy (comic strip), created by Ernie Bushmiller
• Nancy Adams, a character from the 2016 film The Shallows.
• Nancy Blackett, a character from Swallows and Amazons series of books by Arthur Ransome
• Nancy Botwin, the female lead on the TV series Weeds
• Nancy Callahan, a character from Sin City
• Nancy Drew, the heroine detective of a popular mystery series
• Nancy Gribble, a character from King of the Hill, wife of Dale Gribble
• Nancy Partridge, a character from Sherlock Holmes in Washington
• Nancy Hayton, a regular character in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks
• Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street), the heroine from two of the A Nightmare on Elm Street films
• Nancy Vela Morales, Texas Nursing Instructor
• Nancy Wilmot, a schoolgirl and later mistress in Elinor Brent-Dyer's Chalet School series
• Nancy, a radio dispatcher who assigns missions on the Chase H.Q. series of video games
• Nancy, one of Blofeld's Angels of Death in the adaptation of Ian Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Nancy Wesley, a character on soap opera Days of our Lives
• Nancy Leathers, a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, the grandmother of Ken Barlow and the mother of Ida Barlow
• Nancy Knapp, a fictional character and chapter title in Spoon River Anthology

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