Given name & surname
Francina
“woman from France; one who is free”
Francina is a variant of Frances. In Latin use, Frances carries the interpretation “woman from France; one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Francina is a variant of Frances. In Latin use, Frances carries the interpretation “woman from France; one who is free.”
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
Francina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,626
- 0 boys · 1,626 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 46 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 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 46 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,363 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.
Francina’s family of names
Francina has a related form in Frances.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Francina
- Francina ArmengolSpanish politicianborn 1971
- Francina Margaretha van Huysum18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1707–1789)
- Francina Louise SchotDutch painter (1816-1894)
- Francina Broese GunninghDutch cross-dressing woman who served as a soldier1792–1814
- Francina SorabjiIndian educator1833–1910
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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