Given name & surname
Franc
“a man from France; one who is free”
Franc is a variant of Frank. In Latin use, Frank carries the interpretation “a man from France; one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Franc is a variant of Frank. In Latin use, Frank carries the interpretation “a man from France; one who is free.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Franc is a romanization of Франц. Франц comes from German, and ultimately from Medieval Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Franc through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 16 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 6 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 boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 353 as a first name in 2020; 580 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Franc’s family of names
Franc has a related form in Frank. In French usage, Franc has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Frank. Franc has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Franciszek.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Franc has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
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 Franc
- Franc RodeCatholic cardinalborn 1934
- Franc Krambergerarchbishopborn 1936
- Franc RozmanSlovenian partisan commander (1912-1944)
- Franc RoddamEnglish film directorborn 1946
- Feri LainščekSlovenian writer, poet, and screenwriterborn 1959
- Franc PerkoSlovene theologian and catholic priest (1929-2008)
- Franc VeliuAlbanian footballerborn 1988
- Franc BogovičSlovene politicianborn 1963
- Franc ŠuštarSlovene catholic bishopborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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