Nancy (given name)

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.

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