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I can only imagine it said in a stereotypical accent of a 1950s mother calling her daughter to tell her dinner's ready.

I loved Nancy as a kid, despite it being a total "Mom name" back then (now... a "Grandma name"?). My main association with it is Nancy Drew.

Nancy is my grandmother's middle name which she goes by.

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Nancy is a variant of Ann/Anne which we are considering as a middle name.

Nancy was my fav-o-RITE name when I was ten, but now something about it annoys me.

British name expert Leslie Dunkling pointed out years ago how amazing it was that Nancy was a top ten name in the USA between 1935 and 1955 and yet had never revived in the UK at that point.

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Evidently Nancy is finally beginning to revive in the UK today. Most Americans are going to still think of it as a grandma name since the most typical American Nancy is turning 70 this year.

I love the name Nancy, it’s so pretty. I was named Sarah Kate after a Nancy Kate, she was like my “adopted” grandmother.

Meh, it's ok. This is the name of one of my dad's co-workers.

Only as a nn for Anne.

I dislike it and always have, and knowing nice Nancys didn't help. I think the reason is because it rhymes with fancy.

My grandma is called Annie but goes by Nancy for some reason - it’s even on her passport. I like it but I suppose I am bias so I’m not sure what I would think if it wasn’t her name/nickname.

The only Nancy I have ever known is a British woman who was named Nancy but always went by Nan.

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I like Nancy very much and would consider using it; I don't think of it as a nn for Anne. And I am very happy that, like Pansy, it has lost its old identity as an insulting nn for a gay man.