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Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. A feminine version of the name in English is Frances, or (less commonly) Francine. [4] (For most speakers, Francis and Frances are homophones or near homophones; a popular mnemonic for the spelling is "i for him and e for her".)
Frances is an English given name or last name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'the French.' [ 1 ] The male version of the name in English is Francis . The original Franciscus, meaning "Frenchman", comes from the Franks who were named for the francisca, the axe they used in battle.
Thus, Marie-George Buffet has a given name considered as female because it begins with Marie, and George is spelled with a final -e like all the traditional French female given names, instead of Georges with -es for a male. The feminine component in male compound names is mostly Marie, as in Jean-Marie Vianney.
Fanny is a feminine given name. It originated as a diminutive of the English given name Frances or the French Françoise, both meaning "free one" [1] and of the Spanish name "Estefanía" and the French name Stéphanie both meaning "crown.” [2]
Francis I of France (1494–1547), King of France (r. 1515–1547), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" Francis II of France (1554–1560), King of France and King consort of Scots (r. 1558–1560), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; François Fillon (born 1954), Prime Minister of France 2007–2012
Fran is a Spanish, Italian, Croatian, Slovene and Albanian male name and a common short form of the English names Frances and Francis. The Spanish and Italian Fran is more common for men, while the English name is mostly used for women. The Croatian, Slovenian and Albanian Fran is used only for men. Fran is the name of:
Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name Franciscus meaning 'the Frenchman' [3] It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, [4] and place of origin is Italy. [5] It is derived from the same source as the female name Frances, [6] [5] and the male names Francesc, Francesco ...
Frank / f r æ ŋ k / is a masculine given name.. While Frank has been a European name in its own right, the given name in the English-speaking United States arose in the 20th century as a short form of the traditional common English variant Francis (which itself is a shortening of Franciscus, i.e. "the Frenchman", in reference to Saint Francis of Assisi).