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FRANCES

FRANCES  

Gender: F
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "from France or free man"

Popularity in 2008: #796

This soft and gentle classic, last popular a hundred years ago, was as faded as old wallpaper until such hip parents as Courtney Love, Sean Penn, Michael J. Fox, Brooke Shields, Amanda Peet, and Kate Spade picked it as a first or middle name for their daughters.

International Variations:
Franette, Fanchon, Francine, Françoise (French) Ziska, Franziska (German) Proinséas (Irish Gaelic) Francesca, Franca (Italian) Franka (Russian) Fanya (Slavic) Paquita, Francisca (Spanish)

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Popularity Rank

Rank in US Top 1000