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Francesca
Say it: fran-CHES-kah
Meaning
Feminine of Francesco, 'Frenchman', from Late Latin Franciscus.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 30,976 babies given this name since 1895
- At its height in 1996, about 1 in 2,200 girls
- 671 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Françoise |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Francisca |
| English | Frances |
| German | Franziska |
| Portuguese | Francisca |
Famous bearers
- Francesca da Rimini, lover in Dante's Inferno
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.