Nannas as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Nannas

What is the meaning of the name Nannas ?

The baby name Nannas is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced NAN-nuhs (phonetic: /ˈnænəs/).

Nannas is in Origin.

Nannas is a masculine given name with multiple roots. In Greek, Νάνας/Nannas functions as a regional diminutive of Athanasios (“immortal”) and sometimes of Ioannis (“Yahweh is gracious”); in the Baltic it appears as a Latvian/Lithuanian masculine adaptation of Nanna/Nana, itself a pet form of Anna from Hebrew Channah “grace.”

As a call name it appears in Byzantine-era notes and persists in modern Greece, though it is uncommon as a formal birth name. In Latvia and Lithuania it surfaces sporadically in 19th–20th-century parish registers, shaped by the -s/-as masculine endings of those languages. Variants and cognates include Nanas, Nanos, Nannis, Nanasas (Lith.), and the feminine Nanna/Nana; related source names are Athanasios, Ioannis, and Anna. The resemblance to the Sumerian moon god Nanna and the Norse goddess Nanna is etymological coincidence rather than direct lineage.

⚙ Nannas is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 12 recorded uses across 4 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.