Given name & surname
Frantz
“a man from France; one who is free”
Frantz is a variant of Francis. One Latin interpretation is “a man from France; one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Frantz 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
Frantz 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 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In French use, Frantz has a related form in Franz. The history of Franz gives this family its wider story. Franz’s historical associations include the Emperor Franz Josef and his great-nephew the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Franz has historical associations with the Habsburg dynasty.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Frantz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,103
- 1,103 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,178 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,178 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 45 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,409 as a first name in 2020; 11,296 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Frantz’s family of names
In German usage, Frantz has a later derivative in FRANTSI. Frantz has a related form in Francis. In German usage, Frantz as a surname has a related form in Franz.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Frantz has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Frantz
- Frantz FanonFrench West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
- Frantz ReichelFrench athlete (1871–1932)
- Frantz KrugerFinnish athletics competitor (born 1975)
- Frantz Funck-BrentanoFrench librarian, historian and play writer (1862-1947)
- Frantz JourdainFrench architect (1847–1935)
- Frantz BertinHaitian and French footballerborn 1983
- Frantz CasseusHaitian-American guitarist and composer1915–1993
- Frantz GranvorkaFrench volleyball playerborn 1976
- Frantz MassenatAmerican basketball playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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