Updated May 24, 2023

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old French : Free man

Boy name variations

Frank

Frank

+ 2% this year
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Frankie

Frankie

+ 9% this year
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Franklyn

Franklyn

+ 14% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Francklen

Francklen

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Francklin

Francklin

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Franklynn

Franklynn

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Francklyn

Francklyn

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Francelen

Francelen

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How Popular Is The Name Franklin

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : status name from Middle English frankelin ‘franklin’, a technical term of the feudal system, from Anglo-Norman French franc ‘free’ (see Frank 2) + the Germanic suffix -ling. The status of the franklin varied somewhat according to time and place in medieval England; in general, he was a free man and a holder of fairly extensive areas of land, a gentleman ranked above the main body of minor freeholders but below a knight or a member of the nobility.
  • The surname is also borne by Jews, in which case it represents an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
  • In modern times, this has been used to Americanize François, the French form of Francis.
  • The American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) was the son of Josiah Franklin, a chandler (dealer in soap and candles), who had emigrated in about 1682 from Ecton, Northamptonshire, to Boston, MA, where his son was born.