Given name & surname · also Dutch
Franken
Franken is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Yiddish. It is used in English and Dutch.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Franken comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Yiddish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Franken’s family of names
In German usage, Franken as a surname has a related form in Frank. In German usage, Franken as a surname has a related form in FRANKE. In German usage, Franken as a surname has a related form in Fraenkle.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Franken has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Yiddish roots to each of them.
10 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Frankvariant · German
- Frankevariant · German
- Vranckenvariant · Dutch
- Fräncklevariant · German
- Frenklevariant · German
- Fraenklevariant · German
- Vrankenvariant · Dutch
- Franklevariant · German
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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.
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