Fanny's Name Day

13th November

Fanny, the name has a description or meaning which is from the Latin, 'from France' or 'a free citizen'.

Fanny has a Name day of 13th November, please check our history page to find out how this was derived

This description represents the Female usage of the name.

This name is a variant of the original name Frances

St Frances is a patron saint of the following:

Historically Famous Fannys

Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first citizen of the USA to be canonized, although she was Italian, born in 1850. Her first Order was one of missionary nuns in Lombardy; she was then sent to America by Pope Leo XIII. Once there, Frances founded an orphanage for the children of Italian immigrants at West Park, and hospitals in New York and Chicago. She continued working throughout the American continent in Nicaragua, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Costa Rica, until her death in 1917 in Chicago.