Fanning Family History
Fanning Name Meaning
English: variant of Fenning . Irish: from Ó Fionnáin ‘descendant of Fionnán’ a diminutive of Finn (see Fannin ). It is also a variant of the name of a Norman family in Munster otherwise called Panin (a diminutive of Pagan ) Gaelicized as Fainín. The family was located at Fanningstown formerly Ballyfanning Limerick. Compare Fagan
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022