Comments for the name Frank (1)

Famous bearer: Frank Iero, the guitarist of the band My Chemical Romance.

Frank Kennedy is Scarlett's second husband in Gone with the Wind.

Frank is not the right name for a little boy. It makes me think of an old grandad hobbling around with a walking stick.

Frank Barone is Ray Barone's father in the T.V. show "Everybody Loves Raymond." He is played by Peter Boyle.

Frank McCourt wrote the famous memoir of his life, "Angela's Ashes". As a child, he was called Frankie.

Frank is in the same family as names such as Henry, Frederick, and George. All classy and sophisticated names in my opinion. I'm tired of the fluffy names that have been so popular the past 5-8 years. It would be refreshing to see baby boys with good strong names.

This is the name of the demented bunny in "Donnie Darko."

Frank Peretti is a famous Christian bearer of this name. He wrote "This Present Darkness" and "Piercing the Darkness".

Frank Lampard is a football-player, who plays with Chelsea F.C. and for the England squad. Frank Ribery is another football-player who plays for France.

Frank Lampard's dad is also called Frank and he himself was a one-time footballer in the Seventies and Eighties.

Frank Lambert is JT, Al and Brendan´s father in popular TV show "Step by Step". He played is Patrick Duffy.

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an influential and well-known American architect.

"So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" is a song by Simon and Garfunkel. It appeared on their album Bridge Over Troubled Water (released in 1970)--very fitting, since the song is a veiled goodbye to Art Garfunkel from Paul Simon, and Bridge Over Troubled Water was their final album of new material.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Frank here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

Frank Edwin Wright III is the birth name of Green Day's drummer, Tre' Cool.

From Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dr. Frank'N'Furter's name is often shortened to Frank.

It's the surname of the famous diarist Anne Frank.

The name Frank does not come from a spear but the throwing axe favored by the Franks known as the Francisca.
http://therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c399.html

Frank Longbottom is Neville Longbottom's father in the Harry Potter series. He was tortured into insanity, via the Cruciatus Curse, by Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange, and Barty Crouch, Jr.

I learned in history a little bit about the Franks, and the book I was learning from said that Frank meant free.

Francesco "Frank" Capra was a famous American film director of the 20th century, best known for his inspirational, up-lifting films It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Francis "Frank" O'Hara was a key member of the New York school of poetry in the mid-20th century. Among his best-known works are "Why I Am Not a Painter" and "The Day Lady Died."

Frank Loesser was a successful composer and lyricist. He wrote the classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside," and the scores to the musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among others.

The tribe of the Franks as mentioned did not only settle in what is called France / Netherlands (this was West Franken) but also in nowadays southern Germany (this was Ost [= East] Franken).

There is still a German region called Franken with its regional capital city of Nuremberg. The Franks of today do not like to be called Bavarians, even if they live in the federal state of Bavaria.

In the comic strip "Garfield" There was a boy named Frank who was only mentioned in one book.

Frank "Windy" Cahill, killed by Billy the Kid.

Frank Edwin McGraw Jr. aka Tug McGraw was the one who helped the Philadelphia Phillies win the 1980 world series. He is also the father of country singer Tim McGraw.

Francis Albert Sinatra. Ol' Blue Eyes was born today, December 12th, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. His unfortunate death was May 14th, 1998, due to some different health problems. But his life is what people remember, his legacy, lives on.

Happy Birthday, Frank.

This is also Anne Frank's surname, obviously.

Frank Auerbach is a German-born painter who moved to England as a refugee from Nazism.

Frank W. Benson (March 20, 1858– April 14, 1911) was an American politician.

Sir Frank William Brangwyn (1867-1956) was a British painter, printmaker, draughtsman and designer.

I really like this name. It sounds very dignified and intelligent. I have a friend with this name who is around my age. I've known a number of other young guys named Frank, so I don't see it as old-fashioned at all. And I think Frank is better as a full name than as a nickname; if anything it's long been more common than Francis.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with naming your little boy frank, or Franklin, or Francis. I personally would really respect a parent who chose to give their son a name like this, especially in modern times with all these ridiculous and irritating names being given to children. Frankie makes an adorable nickname, too! It's really quite sad how all of these classic names have been dropping lower and lower in the charts. If you're considering naming your son frank/Franklin/Francis, I say go for it! :)