Frances

English from Latin

"from France; free man"

Frances Origin and Meaning

Variation of Fanny

Frances Rank in US Top 1000

# 379 in the US

Frances Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 130 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Frances

• 379 US 2024
• 130 Nameberry 2025
• 351 Future 2028
• 426 England 2024

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Famous People Named Frances

• Frances Elena Farmer American actress
• Frances Ann O'Connor Australian actress
• Saint Frances of Rome Italian mystic and oblate
• Frances Grey Duchess of Suffolk, mother of Lady Jane Grey
• Frances Newton Lady Cobham, Lady of the Bedchamber to England's Queen Elizabeth I
• Frances Radclyffe Countess of Sussex, Lady of the Bedchamber to England's Queen Elizabeth I
• Frances Custis daughter of U.S. First Lady Martha Washington and Daniel Custis
• Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey pharmacologist and physician of the FDA who refused to authorize Thalidomide
• Frances "Fanny" Nelson Viscountess Nelson, wife of Admiral Horatio Nelson
• Frances Elizabeth Cox (1812 1897), translator of hymn "Jesus Lives!"
• Frances Ridley Havergal (1836 1879), hymnist and composer
• Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston U.S. First Lady as wife of President Grover Cleveland
• Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald American journalist, daughter of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Frances Joan Davidson Viscountess Davidson , English MP
• Frances Louise McDormand American actress
• Frances FitzGerald American journalist and author
• Frances Hodgson Burnett English children's novelist
• Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard American suffragist
• Fannie Coralie "Frances" Perkins U.S. Secretary of Labor, first woman cabinet member
• Frances Ethel Gumm birth name of American actress Judy Garland
• Frances Marie Burke Miss America 1940
• Frances Teresa Stewart Duchess of Richmond and Lennox aka La Belle Stuart, model of Britannia
• Frances Anne Vane Viscountess Vane, English memoirist
• Frances Mayes American novelist
• Frances Hardman Conroy American actress
• Frances Black Irish singer
• Frances Burney English novelist
• Eleanor Frances Callier American actress
• Frances Pen "Frankie" Benioff daughter of actress Amanda Peet
• Frances McKee Scottish musician of band The Vaselines
• Frances Hussey Sternhagan American actress
• Diana Frances Spencer Princess of Wales
• Frances Griffiths English photographer of the Cottingley Fairies
• Frances Yip Hong 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 Cobain daughter 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"
• Frances character in "Sonic X"
• Frances 'Frankie' Addams character in "The Member of the Wedding" by Carson McCullers
• Francis Bonnefoy character in "Hetalia"
• Frances "Franny" Glass character in "Franny and Zooey" by J.D. Salinger
• Frances Halladay character in "Frances Ha"
• Frances "Frankie" Heck character on 'The Middle'
• Frances Hindley character in "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte
• Frances "Baby" Houseman character in "Dirty Dancing"
• Frances Midford character in anime Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
• Mary Frances "Francie" Nolan character in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• Frances "Frankie" Almond Smith character in "The Hole" and "After the Hole"
• Frances "Francie" Stevens character in "To Catch A Thief"
• Frances Waters character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Bedtime for Frances children's book series by Russell Hoban
• Frances "Frank" Reagan character in Blue Bloods
• Frances "Frankie" Kane aka Magenta character in DC Universe
• Frances character in short story "Fostered" by Tina Tirrell
• Frances "Frankie" Pereira character in Blue Valentine

International Variations of the name Frances

• Franette French
• Fanchon French
• Paquita Spanish
• Ziska German
• Francisca Spanish
• Franka Russian
• Francesca Italian
• Fanya Slavic
• Proinséas Irish Gaelic
• Franca Italian
• Franziska German
• Francine French
• Françoise French