What is Nancy short for?
Nancy is usually short for Ann (or Anne) in old records - a link that surprises many researchers, since the two names look unrelated. It grew from a medieval pet form and by the 1800s was often given as an independent name. In earlier American and British records, though, a Nancy is very often an Ann.
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