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Francis

OriginLatin
Meaning"Frenchman or free man"
GenderBoy

About Francis

Variation of Frank

2 syllables.

As of September 2026, Francis ranked #420 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #29 in 1915, Nameberry popularity #215.

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Famous Franciss

  • Francis I and II

    Kings of France

  • Francis I (Francis Stephen) and Francis II

    Holy Roman Emperors

  • Francis I (Francesco Gennaro Giuseppe) and Francis II (Francesco d'Assisi Maria Leopoldo)

    Kings of the Two Sicilies

  • Francis Xavier

    Spanish cofounder of the Society of Jesus

  • Francis Rous (1579

    1658), Puritan, hymnist

  • Francis de Sales

    Bishop of Geneva

  • Francis Nash

    American Revolutionary general

  • Francis Scott Key

    American poet; writer of the U.S. National Anthem

  • Francis Minden Knollis (1815

    1863), hymnist

  • Francis Sheehy

    Skeffington, Irish writer, activist and pacifist

  • Francis Taylor

    American art dealer; father of Elizabeth Taylor

  • Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra

    American pop singer and actor

  • Francis Crozier

    Anglo,Irish officer of the Royal Navy, polar explorer, and researcher

  • Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio)

    current Pope

  • Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

    American novelist

  • Francis Bacon

    1st Viscount St Alban, English philosopher and statesman

  • Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc

    French composer

  • Francis Harry Compton Crick

    English scientist who discovered DNA structure

  • Francis Ford Coppola

    American film director

  • Francis Fukuyama

    American political scientist

  • Francis "Hill" Harper

    American actor

  • (Francis) Jameson Parker Jr.

    American actor

  • Francis Bouillon

    American hockey player

  • Francis Galton

    English polymath

  • Christopher Francis "Frank" Ocean

    American musician

  • Francis William Aston

    English chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize

  • Francis Peyton Rous

    American virologist; winner of the Nobel Prize

  • Francis "Coyote" Shivers

    Canadian musician/actor

  • Francis Jonathan (b. 2009)

    son of actress Ashley Jensen

Francis in pop culture

  • Francis Abernathy

    character in Donna Tartt's "The Secret History"

  • Francis Bonnefoy

    personification of France in "Axis Powers: Hetalia"

  • Francis Dolarhyde

    character in book/movie "Red Dragon"

  • Francis

    Malcolm's oldest brother on TV's "Malcolm in the Middle"

  • Francis Gage

    character on TV's "Walker, Texas Ranger"

  • Francis

    Prince of France on TV's "Reign"

  • Francis "Frank" Underwood

    character on TV's "House of Cards"

  • Francis the Talking Mule

    character in several films

  • Francis Griffin

    Peter's dad on TV's "Family Guy"

  • Francis Ray Ottoman

    character in webcomic PvP

  • Francis

    character in video game "Left 4 Dead"

  • Francis

    character in movie "Spy Kids 3,D: Game Over"

  • Francis

    main cat character in "Felidae" by Akif Pirinçci

  • Francis

    ladybug character Pixar's "A Bug's Life"

  • Francis Freeman

    character in movie "Deadpool"

  • Francis "Frank" Delfino

    character in "How to Get Away with Murder"

  • Francis "Frank" Moses

    character in "RED"

  • Francis Farewell Starlite

    musician and producer of "Francis and the Lights"

  • Francis de Saint

    Germain, immortal character in Michael Scott's "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel"

Variations & nicknames

  • PaquitoSpanish
  • PanchitoSpanish
  • FranciszkSlavic
  • FerkeHungarian
  • QuitoSpanish
  • FarrucoSpanish
  • CurroSpanish
  • FrançoisFrench
  • PanchoSpanish
  • ChitoSpanish
  • FerencHungarian
  • FrantzDanish
  • ProinsiasIrish
  • FranzGerman
  • FrancSlavic
  • FranciscusDutch
  • FrancescoItalian
  • FransenScandinavian
  • CuritoSpanish
  • FrancoItalian
  • ChicoSpanish
  • FranioPolish
  • ChiloSpanish
  • FranusPolish
  • ChichoSpanish
  • FrascoSpanish
  • FranciloSpanish
  • FranzlGerman
  • FerkoHungarian
  • FrankenGerman
  • FranchotFrench
  • FransScandinavian
  • PacoSpanish
  • FranciscoSpanish
  • CiscoSpanish
  • FranzenGerman
  • PacorraSpanish
  • FrascueloSpanish

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