FRANK  

Gender: M
Origin: Diminutive of FRANCIS or FRANKLIN
Meaning: "Frenchman or free man"

Popularity in 2008: #278

A Top 10 name from the 1880s until the 1920s, Frank has fallen from favor but still has a certain warm, friendly real-guy grandpa flavor that could come back into style, like such choices as Jake and Jack. Maybe thanks to Sinatra, a new hipster favorite with such couples as Diana Krall and Elvis Costello.

Variations:
Franck, Francke, Frankie

International Variations:
Franz (German) Franco (Italian) Franc (Slavic)

Frank is being discussed in our message boards:

• Names in Your Child's Class/Daycare/Playgroup
• Best of British - some Telegraph birth announcements
• Triple A, Triple B, Triple C...Boys!
• A thought
• An Aversion To "Y"

Read Nameberry blog posts about Frank:

• OZ NAMES: Some fanciful ideas from the Emerald City
• VINTAGE NAMES: 100-Year-Old Names That Sound New Again
• THE UN-WEIRDLY-NAMED STARBABY BOYS
• DAD NAMES: NOTEWORTHY NAMES OF SOME FAMOUS FATHERS
• MOM NAMES: The Names of Famous Mothers