Francis

Etymology
Franciscus: (from Francia 'France', from the Germanic tribal name of the Franks, meaning frank, free), originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi.

Proper noun

 * 1) * ~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!
 * 1) * 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.
 * , a rare spelling variant of Frances.
 * , a rare spelling variant of Frances.

Related terms

 * Frances
 * Frank

Translations

 * Albanian: Françesk
 * Basque: Frantzizko, Patxi
 * Breton: Frañsez
 * Bulgarian: Франциск
 * Catalan: ,
 * Croatian: Franjo
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:


 * Konkani: Frask or Forso
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maltese: Franġisk,
 * Manx:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Francisc
 * Russian: Франциск
 * Serbian: Фрањо
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: Frančišek
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: Франциск
 * Welsh: Ffransis

Etymology
Franciscus: (from Francia 'France', from the Germanic tribal name of the Franks, meaning frank, free), originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi.

Proper noun

 * , variant of François.

Etymology
Franciscus: (from Francia 'France', from the Germanic tribal name of the Franks, meaning frank, free), originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi.

Proper noun

 * , variant of François.

Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1522. From Franciscus:. Cognate to English Francis.