Fabienne
Fabienne is a feminine French and English given name. Notable people with the name include:Fabienne André, British athlete Fabienne Bangerter, Swiss association football player Fabienne Brugère, French philosopher, academic Fabienne Dufour, Belgian swimmer Fabienne Feraez, Beninese sprinter Fabienne Guillaume, French Tibetan Buddhist nun and prison chaplain Fabienne Humm, Swiss…
- French
Meaning & Origin of Fabienne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fabienne is a feminine French and English given name. Notable people with the name include:Fabienne André, British athlete Fabienne Bangerter, Swiss association football player Fabienne Brugère, French philosopher, academic Fabienne Dufour, Belgian swimmer Fabienne Feraez, Beninese sprinter Fabienne Guillaume, French Tibetan Buddhist nun and prison chaplain Fabienne Humm, Swiss…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Fabienne
The earliest SSA record of Fabienne as a baby girl name dates back to 1949, when 5 babies received it. 1950 was its biggest year on record, with 36 newborns named Fabienne — #1,550 in the national rankings. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 28% of all recorded Fabiennes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2010 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 488 Fabiennes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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About the name Fabienne
Fabienne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 488 births in the dataset. Fabienne's peak popularity came in 1950 when it ranked #1,550. Use the chart and map above to compare Fabienne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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