Fran

Gender Masculine & Feminine

Usage Spanish, English, Croatian, Slovene

Pronounced Pron. FRAN(Spanish, English)

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Meaning & History

Short form of Francis, Frances or related names.

Related Names

VariantsCurro, Kiko, Paco, Pancho, Paquito(Spanish) Cissy, Fannie, Fanny, Frank, Frankie, Frannie, Franny, Sissie, Sissy(English) Franci(Slovene)

DiminutiveFrankie(English)

Feminine FormsFrancisca(Spanish) Frances, Francis(English) Frančiška(Slovene)

Other Languages & CulturesFrantziska, Frantzisko, Patxi(Basque) Frañsez, Frañseza(Breton) Francesc, Francesca, Cesc(Catalan) Francescu(Corsican) František, Františka(Czech) Frans(Danish) Franciscus, Frans(Dutch) Frans, Ransu(Finnish) France, Francis, François, Françoise, Francisque(French) Franz, Franziska(German) Ferenc, Franciska, Feri, Ferkó(Hungarian) Proinsias(Irish) Franca, Francesca, Francesco, Franco(Italian) Francisca, Franciscus(Late Roman) Frens, Frenske(Limburgish) Pranciškus(Lithuanian) Frans(Norwegian) Franciszek, Franciszka(Polish) Francisca, Francisco, Chico(Portuguese) Frantzisca, Frantziscu(Sardinian) Frang, Frangag(Scottish) Franjo(Serbian) František, Františka(Slovak) Frans, Fanny(Swedish) Ffransis(Welsh)

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Popularity

People think this name is

classic informal common strong simple comedic

Categories

Charles Dickens characters, currently out of the US top 1000, diminutives, Final Fantasy characters, Gundam characters, retired Atlantic hurricane names, short forms, storms, The Nanny characters, The Sopranos characters, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt characters, unisex, Ys characters

Entry updated November 16, 2019