English - Etymology

From Latin Franciscus (“French(man)”) (from Francia 'France', from the Germanic tribal name of the Franks, meaning frank, free), originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi.

English - Proper Noun

Francis

1. A male given name
   • ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: Act V, Scene III:

     Saint Francis be my speed! how oft tonight / Have my old feet stumbled at graves!

   • 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(2007), ISBN 9780552772440, 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. A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Frances.
3. A patronymic surname​.
4. A ghost town in Nebraska.
5. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. A town in Utah.

Related terms

• Frances
• Frank
• Frauncis

Translations

Dutch - Etymology

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

Dutch - Proper Noun

Francis

French - Etymology

From English Francis.

French - Proper Noun

Francis

1. A male given name, variant of François.

Related terms

• François

Latvian - Etymology

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

Latvian - Proper Noun

Francis

Latvian - References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Francis was the only given name of 536 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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