Fanni/Fanny - both inappropriate?

OP if you think it’s going to bother you maybe you could go by your second or third name as you previously suggested? Or maybe ‘Fan’
@Supersimkin2 class has nothing to do with the pronunciation of Evelyn. What a strange comment.

Calling your DC Anus is illegal in Denmark. Fanni is not that bad in comparison.

E.g. someone pronounces a name Eevlyn (Evelyn) and you say “it’s pronounced ‘Ev a lyn’ job done. Upper/middle class = Eevlyn for both men and women.

Thinking of the ironbru advert "Fanny eh, I like it it,s different.) (After having the drink. Stink to Frances then if child wants to shorten they can.

It's not rude or weird to correct his pronunciation. I have a name that people often pronounce incorrectly so I am used to having to correct people!

I don’t think you were rude to correct his pronunciation. Anyone would correct if a name was said incorrectly. E.g. someone pronounces a name Eevlyn (Evelyn) and you say “it’s pronounced ‘Ev a lyn’ job done.

I think it was commonly used in the past as a diminutive for Frances,

It's very Victorian My granny's grandmother was Frances, called Fanny. My grandfather's sister was also Fanny.

I’d hope that adults could be mature enough not to laugh at other people’s names! Particularly those from other countries! I’d be horrified if I found out anyone I managed was laughing at someone behind their back because of a name. I thankfully work in a very diverse organisation with people from around the world, so none of us bat an eyelid at what we would consider unusual names in the UK. You rock your name OP.

I don’t get people saying Fanny is a rude word either, it’s just slang.

There’s a popular indie singer at the moment in Australia called Fanny Lumsden. Her merch reads ‘I love Fanny’!

It is imo quite unlikely to matter in a work context. Particularly not an international one.

I really wouldn't give the name to a child but seeing as you are presumably quite unlikely to become a victim of playground bullying...

(that's obviously simply my opinion. I'm not a Brit myself but I do work with quite a few British people... And even live with one. )

There's worse names than Fanni. If I were you though, I would get people to refer to you as Anni whilst living in the UK. If you start putting Anni at the end of e-mails and introducing yourself as Anni, people will soon catch on and call you that. It would only be formally that you'd be called by your actual name and who cares about that. I think you just want to avoid that social aspect of people sniggering at Fanni. I wouldn't but then I would maybe go home and say to my husband that I met a Fanni and make a joke about it, you know, because people are quite childish and banter here a lot

I don't think people working in English (regardless of location) with international customers of colleagues would consider it particularly funny because we're used to it.

I work with a man called Fatih, as others have pointed out Dikshit is a common last name, in one client we had a Jesus, Mary & Joseph all working in the same team and in Indonesia we came across the name Suparman

It's not that offensive, anyway. It's the equivalent of 'Dick' for Richard or 'Willy' for William.
In real life, I know a Dickie, a Willy and a Fanny (an older lady). It would probably be hard to be that at school now though. Could your girl be Frances at school and Fanny at home? Or is Fanny short for anything in Finland?

JoyStir maybe pay more attention to the OP as well as to your autocorrect?

I'm sorry so many people aren't reading this properly. For what it's worth it just makes me think of Fanny Gibert, who's been kicking ass at several bouldering competitions lately. It used to be a common choice here too, and I think because of that and because people are so weird about using regular words for genitalia, it became a way to refer to a woman's 'private parts'. But there are others, too. Minnie is another where I come from, but outside that area it doesn't have that meaning. Anyway, the fact that you're not from the UK or US gives your name a different tone to it, in my opinion. If someone is unkind, they would find another way to do it if your name weren't Fanny, so I would roll your eyes and move on. Name styles change all the time and they're changing a lot right now - it might come back into use soon. I know ppl on here are saying it's a bad idea to use it for a baby but hey, my Dad's been Dick since he was a kid and my child calls him Grandad Dick now :) you just say to yourself, doesn't matter, it's my name and that's that. That's how these things tip back into being ok to use, when people use them and wear them well.

Sorry, Fanny/Fanni! My phone autocorrected to Danny/Danni which would be a better choice actually.

You cannot call you daughter Danny/Danni unless you want them to be a living joke.

A woman at work is called Fanny. She is E European. It’s just her name, no one sniggers about it.

I wouldn’t now give a child the name Fanny (shame, as it is rather nice) but everyone knows it is a name as well as a name for vagina / vulva.

It’s quite an affectionate term though, it isn’t a swear word version.

Sorry you are upset OP.

I live in London and the variety of names from a galaxy of languages and countries around the world often include some that sound close to ‘rude’ words.

Most mature intelligent adults can act in a mature intelligent way.

Be proud if your name: I like Fanni .

I with no less than 3 Fanny’s /Fannies 2 French and 1 German. The first few times I saw the name written down or used it I will admit I had a bit of an internal snigger but it’s just a perfectly normal name to me now I don’t think anything of it

Oh sorry - just seen that it’s your name! As an adult I don’t think it’s so bad, I mean a child would get playground comments but as an adult I really don’t think anyone would say anything. Plus you could always introduce yourself as Franni if you feel self conscious?

My friends mum is French and the name Fanny is popular there too - she was equally as gutted when she realised she couldn’t use it! But you really, really can’t - it’s slang for vagina, as you already know, but it’s not obscure slang - it seems to be used by people of all ages and generations and everyone knows what it means! I’m so sorry to ruin your name but you really, really, REALLY can’t name a little girl Fanny/Fanni if there’s any chance she will live in the UK. She would definitely be laughed at. Sorry OP. It does sound lovely and the slang is really unfortunate!

It's not 'very rude' or 'vulgar' at all - it's a silly term for female genitals the same as 'Willy'

Honestly maybe it might raise a smile when first seen/heard but that's it - anyone who thinks it's hilarious or keeps on about it needs a bit of a slap. It's horrid that you're sad about this.

By the way your English is fantastic especially your spelling so I definitely wouldn't worry about that.

@happycamper11

I know someone who married a Mr Bottom last weekend. She did not take his surname.

Oh dear.

to the person who said this connotation was a recent phenomenon, the very rude book Fanny Hill, which was banned for many years, was published in1748. the meaning was well known before then.
OP, if you are living / working in UK, I would change it slightly. how about Finny; hi, I'm Finny, from Finland, it's easy to remember.
good luck.