Given name
Franchot
“a man from France; one who is free”
Franchot is a variant of Francis. One Latin interpretation is “a man from France; one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Franchot is a variant of Francis. One Latin interpretation is “a man from France; one who is free.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Franchot is a variant of Francis. An origin associated with Francis is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Franchot through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 223
- 223 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1936
- 21 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 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1936. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 163 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.
Franchot’s family of names
Franchot has a related form in Francis.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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