First name origin & meaning: Old French: Free; an androgynous name, though Frances is generally used for girls and Francis for boys First name variations: Franco, France, Franciskus, Francys, Frannie, Franny, Franscis, Fransis, Franus, Frencis Last name origins & meanings:
- English: from the personal name Francis (Old French form
Franceis, Latin Franciscus, Italian Francisco).
This was originally an ethnic name meaning ‘Frank’ and hence
‘Frenchman’. The personal name owed much of its popularity during the
Middle Ages to the fame of St. Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), whose
baptismal name was actually Giovanni but who was nicknamed
Francisco because his father was absent in France at the time
of his birth. As an American family name this has absorbed cognates
from several other European languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges
1988).
- Jewish (American): an Americanization of one
or more like-sounding Jewish surnames, or an adoption of the
non-Jewish surname.
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