English

Proper noun

Francis

1. A male given name
   • ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: Act V, Scene III:

     Saint Francis be my speed! how oft tonight / Have my old feet stumbled at graves!

   • 1820 Leigh Hunt, Names, The Indicator, No. XVIII, February 9th, 1820:

     Francis is one of the pleasantest names in use. It has a fine open air with it, - a sound correspondent to its sense.

   • 2006 Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan(2007), ISBN 9780552772440, page 454:

     Francis had never been 'Frank' or 'Fran', he had always been called by his full name. It had lent him a certain dignity that he had possibly never earned.

2. (rare) A female given name, Alternative spelling of Frances.
3. A patronymic surname​.
4. A ghost town in Nebraska.
5. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. A town in Utah.

Related terms

• Frances
• Frank
• Frauncis

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin Franciscus, originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi.

Proper noun

Francis m

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Frans

French

Etymology

From English Francis.

Proper noun

Francis

1. A male given name, variant of François.

Related terms

• François

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1522. From Latin Franciscus. Corresponding to English Francis.

Proper noun

Francis m

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Franciska

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Francis was the only given name of 536 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Latin

Adjective

francīs

1. dative masculine plural of francus
2. dative feminine plural of francus
3. dative neuter plural of francus
4. ablative masculine plural of francus
5. ablative feminine plural of francus
6. ablative neuter plural of francus

References

• FRANCIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Lithuanian

Noun

francis m

1. francium