Frances
English from Latin
"from France; free man"
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Variation of Fanny
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Famous People Named Frances
- Frances Elena FarmerAmerican actress
- Frances Ann O'ConnorAustralian actress
- Saint Frances of RomeItalian mystic and oblate
- Frances GreyDuchess of Suffolk, mother of Lady Jane Grey
- Frances NewtonLady Cobham, Lady of the Bedchamber to England's Queen Elizabeth I
- Frances RadclyffeCountess of Sussex, Lady of the Bedchamber to England's Queen Elizabeth I
- Frances Custisdaughter of U.S. First Lady Martha Washington and Daniel Custis
- Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelseypharmacologist and physician of the FDA who refused to authorize Thalidomide
- Frances "Fanny" NelsonViscountess Nelson, wife of Admiral Horatio Nelson
- Frances Elizabeth Cox (18121897), translator of hymn "Jesus Lives!"
- Frances Ridley Havergal (18361879), hymnist and composer
- Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland PrestonU.S. First Lady as wife of President Grover Cleveland
- Frances Scott "Scottie" FitzgeraldAmerican journalist, daughter of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Frances Joan DavidsonViscountess Davidson , English MP
- Frances Louise McDormandAmerican actress
- Frances FitzGeraldAmerican journalist and author
- Frances Hodgson BurnettEnglish children's novelist
- Frances Elizabeth Caroline WillardAmerican suffragist
- Fannie Coralie "Frances" PerkinsU.S. Secretary of Labor, first woman cabinet member
- Frances Ethel Gummbirth name of American actress Judy Garland
- Frances Marie BurkeMiss America 1940
- Frances Teresa StewartDuchess of Richmond and Lennox aka La Belle Stuart, model of Britannia
- Frances Anne VaneViscountess Vane, English memoirist
- Frances MayesAmerican novelist
- Frances Hardman ConroyAmerican actress
- Frances BlackIrish singer
- Frances BurneyEnglish novelist
- Eleanor Frances CallierAmerican actress
- Frances Pen "Frankie" Benioffdaughter of actress Amanda Peet
- Frances McKeeScottish musician of band The Vaselines
- Frances Hussey SternhaganAmerican actress
- Diana Frances SpencerPrincess of Wales
- Frances GriffithsEnglish photographer of the Cottingley Fairies
- Frances YipHong Kong pop singer
- Frances Clementine Suplee (b. 2006)daughter of American actor Ethan Suplee
- Frances "Frankie" Pen Friedman (b. 2007)daughter of American actress Amanda Peet
- Frances Cole Fallon (b. 2014)daughter of comedian Jimmy Fallon
- Frances Harper Wyle (b. 2015)daughter of American actor Noah Wyle
- Frances Bean Cobaindaughter of musicians Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
- Frances Laiz Setta Schenkkan (b. 2016)daughter of Brazilian,American actress Morena Baccarin and American actor Ben McKenzie
- Frances Afifi (b. 2016)daughter of actress Sarah Chalke
The name Frances in Pop Culture
- Frances "Frankie" character in "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"
- Francescharacter in "Sonic X"
- Frances 'Frankie' Addamscharacter in "The Member of the Wedding" by Carson McCullers
- Francis Bonnefoycharacter in "Hetalia"
- Frances "Franny" Glasscharacter in "Franny and Zooey" by J.D. Salinger
- Frances Halladaycharacter in "Frances Ha"
- Frances "Frankie" Heckcharacter on 'The Middle'
- Frances Hindleycharacter in "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte
- Frances "Baby" Housemancharacter in "Dirty Dancing"
- Frances Midfordcharacter in anime Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
- Mary Frances "Francie" Nolancharacter in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Frances "Frankie" Almond Smithcharacter in "The Hole" and "After the Hole"
- Frances "Francie" Stevenscharacter in "To Catch A Thief"
- Frances Waterscharacter in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
- Bedtime for Franceschildren's book series by Russell Hoban
- Frances "Frank" Reagancharacter in Blue Bloods
- Frances "Frankie" Kane aka Magentacharacter in DC Universe
- Francescharacter in short story "Fostered" by Tina Tirrell
- Frances "Frankie" Pereiracharacter in Blue Valentine
International Variations of the name Frances
- FranetteFrench
- FanchonFrench
- PaquitaSpanish
- ZiskaGerman
- FranciscaSpanish
- FrankaRussian
- FrancescaItalian
- FanyaSlavic
- ProinséasIrish Gaelic
- FrancaItalian
- FranziskaGerman
- FrancineFrench
- FrançoiseFrench
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