Fancy (given name)
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Fancy is a given name in occasional use in the Anglosphere. It is derived from the English vocabulary word fancy, a shortened version of the word fantasy. The word is also used in reference to an unusual, novel idea.[1] The word is also used to describe elaborate ornamentation or an individual preference for a person or object.[2] In some instances the name might be a diminutive of the name Frances.[3] Fancy is also an English surname.
It might refer to:
Women
- Fancy Bermudez (born 2002), Canadian rugby union player
- Fancy Cherono (born 2001), Kenyan track and field athlete
- Fancy Chemutai (born 1995), Kenyan long-distance runner
Female stage name
- My Fancy, stage name of American dancer Mae Rose Bawn (1878–1933)
Male stage name
- Fancy (singer) (born 1946), stage name of German singer, songwriter, and record producer Manfred Segieth
- Fancy Gadam (born 1988), stage name of Ghanaian afropop, dancehall and reggae musician Mujahid Ahmed Bello
- Fancy Hagood (born 1991), stage name of American singer Jake Hagood
- Fancy Ray, stage name of American stand-up comedian and advertising pitchman Ray McCloney
Fictional characters
- Fancy Crane, a character on the American soap opera Passions