Given name
Františka
Františka is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
Original LatinFrancisca
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Františka developed from Francisca. In Czech usage, Františka is a feminine form of František.
Františka’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Františka has a diminutive in Fanuška. In Slovak usage, Františka developed from the Latin form Francisca. In Czech usage, Františka has a conventional equivalent in the English form Frances.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Františka has relatives in 21 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Františka comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
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 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Franciscaroot · Latin, Spanish
- FrancescaCatalan, Italian
- FrancesEnglish
- FannyGerman, English
- FranceskaEnglish
- FranEnglish
- Francaequivalent
- FranciszkaPolish
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- FranziskaGerman, Low German
- Frankaequivalent
- FranciskaSwedish, Hungarian
- FraniaPolish
- FrançoiseFrench
- Soizicequivalent
- Františekmasculine form · Czech
- FrančiškaSlovene
- FrangagScottish Gaelic
- ФранцискаRussian
- FranziGerman
- FrançineFrench
- FränziLow German
- FränzeLow German
- FranzkeaLow German
- FranzineLow German
- FrañsezaBreton
- FrantziskaBasque
- فرنتسكاArabic
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Františka
- Františka PlamínkováCzechoslovak politician, feminist and publicist (1875-1942)
- Fráňa ZemínováCzechoslovak politician (1882–1962)
- Františka StráneckáCzech writer (1839–1888)
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