Given name & surname
Fanchon
“woman from France; one who is free”
Fanchon is a variant of Frances. In Latin use, Frances carries the interpretation “woman from France; one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fanchon is a variant of Frances. In Latin use, Frances carries the interpretation “woman from France; one who is free.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Fanchon is used as an affectionate form of Françoise.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fanchon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 519
- 0 boys · 519 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 11 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 49 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 283 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fanchon’s family of names
In French usage, Fanchon is a diminutive of Françoise. Fanchon has a related form in Frances. Fanchon is an affectionate form of Françoise.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Fanchon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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