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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Free
  • Place name : From France; form of Frances

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from a Germanic personal name derived from the ethnic name for a Frank.
  • French : nickname or status name from franc ‘free’ (usually denoting a freed slave).
  • Slovenian and Croatian (northwestern Croatia) : from the personal name Franc, Slavic form of German Franz, all from Latin Franciscus (see Francis).
  • Polish, Czech, and Slovak : from the German personal name Franz.

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