Francis

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Francis is a French and English first name and a surname most likely of Latin origin.

Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. The female version of the name in English is Frances, with emphasis on the letter e, and (less commonly) Francine. The name Fran is a common diminutive for Francis, Frances and Francine. In Italian and Spanish, the form Fran is mostly used for boys and men, while Franci is more common for girls and women.

Related names in other languages

Related names are common in other Western European languages, in countries that are (or were before the Reformation) Catholic. These names include:

• Arabic: فرانشيسكو (Franchesko)
• Aragonese: Francho
• Armenian: Ֆրանծիսկոս (Franciskos)
• Asturian: Xicu
• Albanian: Françesku
• Alemannic German: Franz
• Basque: Frantzisko
• Bulgarian: Франциск (Frantsisk)
• Belarusian: Francišak, Францішак (Frantsishak)
• Bosnian: Franjo
• Breton: Frañsez
• Catalan: Francesc, Cesc, Cesco, Xesc
• Chinese: 弗朗西斯科 (Fú lǎng xī sī kē)
• Corsican: Francescu
• Croatian: Franjo, Frano, Frane
• Czech: František, Františka (female version)
• Dutch: Frans, Frank (Francis or Francien is used to signify the female version in Holland)
• Esperanto: Francisko
• Estonian: Franciscus
• Finnish: Frans
• French: François, Francis, Francisque (rare) (male version); Françoise, France, Francine (female version)
• Galician: Francisco
• German: Franziskus, Franz, Franziska (female version)
• Greek: Frangiskos, Fragiskos (Φραγκίσκος)
• Hungarian: Ferenc, Feri, Franciska (female version)
• Icelandic: Frans
• Indonesian: Fransiskus
• Irish: Pronsias, Proinsias, Proinnsias (all variants are valid for both males & females, rare for a female to adopt this name in Irish)
• Italian: Francesco, Franco, Francesca (female version)
• Japanese: フランシス (Furanshisu)
• Latin: Franciscus
• Latvian: Francisks
• Lithuanian: Fransis, Pranciškus (historical)
• Lombard: Francesch
• Malayalam: Porinchu, Pranchi ( popular amongst the Syro Malabar Catholics of Kerala)
• Maltese: Franġisk
• Neapolitan: Franciscu
• Norman: Françouais
• Occitan: Francés
• Piedmontese: Fransesch
• Polish: Franciszek
• Portuguese: Francisco, Francisca (female version)
• Romanian: Francisc
• Russian: Франческо (Franchesko), Франциск (Frantsisk), Франц (Frants)
• Samogitian: Prancėškos
• Scottish: Frangag
• Serbian: Францесцо (Frantsetso)
• Sicilian: Franciscu
• Slovak: František
• Slovene: Frančišek, France, Franc, Fran, Franko
• Spanish: Francisco, Paco, Fran, Quico, Pancho, Cisco, Chisco, Francisca (female version), Paca (female version),Paquita (female version)
• Swahili: Fransisko
• Swedish: Franciskus
• Turkish: Françesko
• Venetian: Francesco
• Vietnamese: Phanxicô
• Waray-Waray: Francisco
• Welsh: Ffransis
• West Frisian: Fransiskus
• Ukrainian: Франциск (Frantsisk)

Derivation

Francesco was the name given to Saint Francis of Assisi (baptized Giovanni) by his francophile father, celebrating his trade with French merchants, though possibly in memory of the boy's mother, a Frenchwoman, who died when the boy was still in his early years.^{[citation needed]} It means 'Little Frenchman'. The name of France itself comes from the Germanic people known as the Franks; the origin of their name is unclear but is thought to mean "free". The characteristic national weapon of the Franks was the francisca, throwing axe.

People with the surname Francis

• Anne Francis (born 1930), American actress
• Arlene Francis (1907-2001), American actress
• Clare Francis (born 1946), British author
• Colan C. Francis, Sr. (born 1909), American Banker and Philanthropist
• Colan C. Francis, Iii (born 1968), American Author and Technologist
• Connie Francis (born 1938), American pop singer
• David Rowland Francis (1850–1927), American politician, Mayor of Saint Louis, Governor of Missouri, U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
• Damien Francis, (born 1979), English-born Jamaican footballer
• Eddie Francis, (born 1974), Canadian politician
• Freddie Francis (1917-2007), English cinematographer and film director
• Jane Francis, Winner of Polar Medal, 2002
• Genie Francis (born 1962), Actress
• Gerry Francis (born 1951), English footballer and manager
• James Francis (1819-1884), Australian colonial politician
• Jeff Francis, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Joe Francis (born 1973), founder of Mantra Films
• Kay Francis (1905-1968), American actress
• Kevin Francis, multiple people
• Mark Francis, Anglo-American soccer player
• Missy Francis (born 1972), American child actress
• Norman Francis (born 1931), President of Xavier University of Louisiana
• Ranganathan Francis (born 1920), Indian hockey player
• Ron Francis (born 1963), Canadian professional ice hockey centerman
• Roy Francis, British rugby league footballer and coach
• Sage Francis (born 1977), hip-hop artist
• Sam Francis, (1923-1994), American painter and printmaker
• Sam Francis, American football player
• Samuel Kensinger Francis, Fitness trainer
• Samuel T. Francis (1947–2005), American columnist
• Steve Francis (born 1977), American professional basketball player
• Thomas Francis, Jr. (1900-1969), American physician, virologist, and epidemiologist
• Trevor Francis (born 1954), English footballer

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Monarchs named Francis

• Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414–1450)
• Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517–1545)
• Francis I of France (1494–1547)
• Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708–1765)
• Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768–1835)
• Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777–1830)
• Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1433–1488)
• Francis II of France (1544–1560)
• Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572–1632)
• Francis II Rákóczi, Duke of Transylvania (1676–1735)
• Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768–1835)
• Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836–1894)
• Franz, Duke of Bavaria (born 1933), called "Francis II" by Jacobite supporters
• Francis III, Duke of Lorraine and Holy Roman Emperor (1708–1765)
• Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1737–1780)
• Francis IV, Duke of Modena (1779–1846)
• Francis V, Duke of Modena (1819–1875)
• Francis, Infante of Portugal (1691–1742), 7th Duke of Beja, 2nd son of King Peter II of Portugal
• Francis of Spain (1822-1902), Duke of Cádiz, Consort of Queen Isabella II
• Prince Francis Joseph of Braganza (1878-1919), Infante of Portugal, 2nd son of Miguel II, legitimist claimant to the throne of Portugal.

Other uses

• Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Francis (electoral district)
• Francis Griffin, a fictional character from animated TV comedy Family Guy, voiced by Charles Durning
• Francis, a character from American TV comedy Malcolm in the Middle played by Christopher Masterson
• Francis the Talking Mule, a mule celebrity, featured in seven movie comedies in the 1950s
• Francis (1950 film), a 1950 comedy film that launched Francis the Talking Mule
• Francis, a fictional character and playable survivor in Left 4 Dead
• Bila Francis (1990)
• All pages beginning with "Frank"
• Francies
• Francisco
• Francesco

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