Nannerl (given name)

{{Infobox given name

|name =Nannerl

|image = File:Maria Anna Mozart (Lorenzoni).jpg

|caption = Austrian musician Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829) at age 12 in 1763. Her nickname was Nannerl.

|gender = Feminine

|meaning = Austro-Bavarian German hypocorism for Anna

|region =

|language = German

|nickname = Nan

|related names = Ana (Georgian), (Spanish); Anano (Georgian); Aneta (Bulgarian),(Czech), (Macedonian), (Polish); Ani (Bulgarian), (Georgian), (Romanian), (Spanish); Ania (Polish), (Russian); Anica Croatian, Serbian, Slovene; Anika (Danish), (Dutch), (German), (Polish), (Slovene); Anikó (Hungarian); Anina (German), Anișoara (Romanian); Anita (Croatian), (Portuguese), (Slovene), (Spanish); Anja (Croatian), (Danish)), (Dutch), (Finnish), (German), (Norwegian), (Serbian),(Slovene), (Swedish), Anka (Bulgarian), (Croatian), (Serbian), (Slovene); Anke (Dutch), (Low German); Ankica (Croatian), (Serbian), (Slovene); Ann (English), (Manx); Anna, Anne (Basque), (Danish), (Dutch), (English), (Estonian), (Finnish), (French), (German), (Norwegian), (Swedish); Anneke (Dutch); Annelien (Dutch); Anneta (Greek); Annetta (Italian); Annette (Danish), (Dutch), (English), (French), (German), (Norwegian), (Swedish); Anni (Danish), (Estonian), (Finnish), (German), (Greek); Annie (Dutch), (English), (French); Anniina (Finnish); Annika (Dutch), (English), (Estonian), (Finnish), (German), (Greek), (Swedish); Annikki (Finnish); Annio (Greek); Annoula (Greek); Annya (Greek); Anouk Dutch, French; Anouschka (Dutch); Anouska (Dutch), Annukka (Finnish); Annushka (Russian); Annuska (Dutch), Anny (French); Ans (Dutch); Antje (Dutch), (Frisian), (Low German); Anu (Estonian), (Finnish); Anuki (Georgian); Anuša (Croatian), (Serbian), (Slovene language); Anuschka (Dutch), (German); Anya, Enija (Latvian); Hannah, Nainsí Irish; Nance (English); Nancy (English), (German); Nandag (Scottish Gaelic), Nanette (English), (German), Nannie (English); Nanse (Manx); Néné (French), (Jèrriais); Nénette (French), Nensi (Croatian), Ninette (English, (French); Nini (French), Ninon (French), Nuša Slovene; Ona (Lithuanian); Onnee (Manx); Panna (Hungarian); Panka (Hungarian); Panni (Hungarian)

}} Nannerl is an Austro-Bavarian Upper German language diminutive for the name Anna that is also in use as an independent given name.{{cite web

| url = https://www.nancy.cc/2012/01/06/baby-name-story-nannerl/

| title = Baby Name Story: Nannerl

| last =Man

| first =Nancy

| date = 6 January 2012

| website = www.nancy.cc

| publisher = Nancy’s Baby Names (blog)

| access-date = 8 January 2025

| quote = }} It is closely related to Nan, Nancy, Nanette, and Nannie, all English and German diminutives for Anna, Anne and Ann.{{cite book |last=Charbonneau|first= Karen|author-link= |date= March 17, 2023|title=American Baby Girl Names: 1587-1920s|url= |location=Post Falls, Idaho |publisher=A Ship's Cat Book|page=707|asin=B0BYTTGH3L}} The best known bearer of the nickname Nannerl was Austrian musician Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829), the elder sister of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, after whom some other women were named. United States government data also shows that Nannerl was in use as an independent name as well as a diminutive for Anna and its variants by 1916.{{cite web

| url = http://magazine.pianoperformers.org/nannerl_piano_performer_magazine_summer_issue_2016/

| title = Nannerl Mozart: Neglected Sister or Wolfgang’s Childhood Muse?

| last =Leung

| first =Jacqueline

| date = 21 June 2016

| website = magazine.pianoperformers.org

| publisher = Piano Performer Magazine

| access-date = 8 January 2025

| quote = }}

The suffix -erl is also used in other Austro-Bavarian diminutives. To give some examples from Nannerl's time: her little brother was addressed as "Wolfgangerl";Abert, Herman (2007) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Yale University Press Joseph Haydn as a child was "Sepperl" (second syllable),Karl Geiringer (1982) Joseph Haydn: A Creative Life in Music, Berkeley, University of California Press Haydn's 16-year-old pupil Josepha von Genzinger was "Peperl".