Given name
František
“frenchman”
František is a form of Francesco. One interpretation is “frenchman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
František is a form of Francesco. One interpretation is “frenchman.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech use, František is used as a form of Francesco.
František’s family of names
František has an affectionate form in FanouSek. František shares a linguistic root with Francesco. In Czech usage, František has a conventional equivalent in the English form Frank.
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Around the world
František has relatives in 12 languages.
24 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 15
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 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- FranciscoSpanish, Portuguese
- FrancisEnglish
- Franklinequivalent
- FrankEnglish
- Francoequivalent
- Francescocognate · Italian
- Franzalso known as · German, Czech
- Frantzequivalent
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- Frankoequivalent
- FranciszekPolish
- Ferencequivalent
- Franciscequivalent
- Franciscusequivalent
- Fransequivalent
- Franckequivalent
- Francescequivalent
- Fañchequivalent
- ΦραγκίσκοςGreek
- Františkafeminine form · Czech
- FrançoisFrench
- FranziskusGerman
- Fränkequivalent
- Fragiskosequivalent
- Frañsezequivalent
- FranciskusGerman
- FerenczHungarian
- PranciškusLithuanian
- Frantiskafeminine form
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named František
- František PalackýCzech philosopher, historian, publicist and writer (1798-1876)
- Francysk SkarynaRuthenian humanist, bible translator and book printer1486–1541
- František KupkaCzech painter and graphic artist (1871–1957)
- Franz BendaBohemian violinist and composer1709–1786
- František PláničkaCzech association football player (1904-1996)
- František RajtoralCzech footballer (1986–2017)
- Fran Krsto FrankopanCroatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician (1640-1671)
- František ČelakovskýCzech poet, lexicographer, linguist, literature historian, publicist, professor, publicist, translator, writer, university educator and science writer (1799–1852)
- František VeselýCzech footballer (1943-2009)
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