First name Francis - Meaning, Origin and Rating
Origin
English
Nameday
Meaning
originated as a nickname "Francesco" ("little Frenchman", "Französlein") by Giovanni Bernardone, known as Saint. Francis of Assisi, the German form of "Francis" is a Romanization of the Italian nickname , the common first name "Franz" turn a short form of it
Famous people with the first name Francis
- Pope Francis (Person)
- Francis Ford Coppola (Writer)
- Francis Xavier (South Korean clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic Bishop of Masan)