Given name & surname
Franziskus
Franziskus is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in German.
Original LatinFranciscus
Meaning & origin
Franziskus’s family of names
In German usage, Franziskus has a short form in Franz. In German usage, Franziskus has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Francisco. In German usage, Franziskus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Francis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Franziskus has relatives in 16 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Franziskus comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- FranciscoSpanish
- FrancisEnglish
- Franklinequivalent
- Frankequivalent
- Francoequivalent
- FrancescoItalian
- Frantzequivalent
- Frankoequivalent
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People named Franziskus
- Franziskus von Paula Graf von SchönbornCardinal and Bishop of Budweis and Archbishop of Prague (1844-1899)
- Franziskus von BettingerCatholic cardinal (1850-1917)
- Franziskus HennemannGerman priest and theologian (1882–1951)
- Franziskus EisenbachGerman priest and theologian (1943–2024)
- Franziskus WolfGerman bishop (1876-1944)
- Franziskus von StrengSwiss Catholic bishop and theologian (1884-1970)
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