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Frances

Girl Latin #405 in 2023

Frances is a girl name of Latin origin.

Meaning of Frances

From Franceise, feminine form of Franceis, from Franciscus.

Popularity of Frances

Popularity, 1880–2023

760 births in 2023

1880 2023

593,908 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

1918

16,228 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Rising

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

From patricia; later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles

Also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark

Boy · Germanic languages

From Frank, partially from Franca; and partially from Franc, and/or Francus, from Franko; both maybe from frankô

Rival; industrious

From Late - saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.