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First name origin & meaning:

Old French: Free man

First name variations: Frank, Franklyn, Francklen, Francklin, Franklynn, Francklyn, Francelen, Franklin

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Americanized spelling of German Franke.
  2. Perhaps an American shortened form of Polish Frankiewicz.

This name appears in the following lists: Literary Characters, Pop Princes and Princesses