Francis

Francis

See also: francis

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Franciscus (“French(man)”) (from Francia (“France”), originally a nickname of Saint Francis of Assisi. Doublet of Francisco and Franz.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹænsɪs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɑːnsɪs/

Proper noun

Francis

1. A male given name from Latin
   • 1820 Leigh Hunt, Names, The Indicator, No. XVIII, February 9th, 1820:

     Francis is one of the pleasantest names in use. It has a fine open air with it, - a sound correspondent to its sense.

   • 2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 454:

     Francis had never been 'Frank' or 'Fran', he had always been called by his full name. It had lent him a certain dignity that he had possibly never earned.

2. (rare) A female given name from Latin, Alternative spelling of Frances.
3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
4. A placename
   1. A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127) in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.
   2. A town in Saskatchewan within the rural municipality.
   3. A ghost town in Wheeler County, Nebraska, United States.
   4. A township in Holt County, Nebraska.
   5. A town in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
   6. A town in Summit County, Utah, United States.

Derived terms

• St. Francis
• St. Francisville

 

Related terms

• France
• Frances
• Frank
• Frauncis

 

Translations

male given name

Albanian: Françesk m Arabic: فَرَنْسِيس‎ m (faransīs) Armenian: Ֆրանցիսկոս (Francʿiskos) Basque: Frantzizko, Patxi, Frantzisko (eu) Belarusian: Франці́шак m (Francíšak) Breton: Frañsez Bulgarian: Франци́ск m (Francísk) Catalan: Francesc (ca), (used only as equivalent to French François) Francés Czech: František (cs) m Danish: Frans (da) c Dutch: Frans (nl) m, Francis (nl) m, Franciscus (nl) m Esperanto: Francisko Faroese: Frans m, Frank m Finnish: Frans (fi), Franciscus (religion) Franco-Provençal: Francês French: François (fr) m, Francis (fr) m Galician: Francisco (gl) m German: Franz (de) m, Franziskus (de) m Greek: Φραγκίσκος (el) m (Fragkískos) Hawaiian: Palakiko Hungarian: Ferenc (hu) Icelandic: Frans (is) Irish: Proinsias m Italian: Francesco (it) m Japanese: フランシス (Furanshisu), フランソワ (Furansowa) (French form) Konkani: Frask, Forso Latin: Franciscus (la) m Latvian: Francis m Lithuanian: Pranciškus (lt) m Maltese: Franġisk, Frans Manx: Frank m Maori: Paranihi Neapolitan: Francisco Norwegian: Bokmål: Frans m Occitan: Francés (oc) m Polish: Franciszek (pl) Portuguese: Francisco (pt) Romanian: Francisc Russian: Франци́ск (ru) m (Francísk) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Фрањо m Roman: Franjo m Slovak: František m Slovene: Frančišek m Spanish: Francisco (es), Paco (es) Swedish: Frans (sv) Ukrainian: Франци́ск m (Francýsk) Vietnamese: Phanxicô (Catholic) Welsh: Ffransis West Frisian: Fransiskus

Anagrams

• Friscan

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Francis, from Latin Franciscus, originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi.

Proper noun

Francis

1. a male given name from Latin

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin Franciscus, originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Francis m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Frans

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Francis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃.sis/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Francis m

1. a male given name, variant of François

Related terms

• François

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1522. From Latin Franciscus. Corresponding to English Francis.

Proper noun

Francis m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Franciska

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Francis was the only given name of 536 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.