Francois as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Francois

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The baby name Francois is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced French IPA: /fʁɑ̃.swa/ (approx. fran-SWAH); English approximation: /frænˈswɑː/ (fran-SWAH).

Francois is French in Origin.

Gender: Male

Syllables: 2.0

Origin: French

Pronunciation: French IPA: /fʁɑ̃.swa/ (approx. fran-SWAH); English approximation: /frænˈswɑː/ (fran-SWAH)

What is the meaning of the name Francois ?

The baby name Francois is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced French IPA: /fʁɑ̃.swa/ (approx. fran-SWAH); English approximation: /frænˈswɑː/ (fran-SWAH).

Francois is French in Origin.

Francois (French: François) is the French form of Latin Franciscus, from the ethnonym of the Franks, interpreted as “Frenchman” and, by folk etymology, “free one.” Pronounced frahn-SWAH, the cedilla (ç) signals a soft s, though the diacritic is often dropped in English and Afrikaans contexts. The name spread in medieval Europe through the cult of Saint Francis of Assisi and became firmly established in France, borne by writers and statesmen and by the Renaissance monarch François I.

Variants include Francis and Frank (English), Francesco (Italian), Francisco (Spanish/Portuguese), Francesc (Catalan), Franz (German), Frans (Dutch/Scandinavian), and František (Czech). French feminine forms are Françoise and the English Frances; related diminutives include Fran and Paco (Spanish). Notable bearers range from François Rabelais and Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) to François Truffaut and François Mitterrand. Usage remains most common in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, and francophone Africa.

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Francois – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
BI		0	#11	2	425
HT	Girls	0	#18	6	950
MV		0	#19	1	644
NA		0	#19	15	2,537
HT	Boys	0	#23	12	903
BF	Boys	0	#25	2	439
ZA		0	#29	757	14,421
BI	Girls	0	#33	1	726
BI	Boys	0	#40	5	917
CM		0	#43	13	2,592
LU		0	#51	16	2,830
JP		0	#74	4	4,057
AO		0	#77	1	2,729
CM	Boys	0	#80	1,505	12,054
ZA	Boys	0	#84	6,290	25,619
CN		0	#86	1	3,857
JM		0	#91	3	3,714
SD		0	#102	1	2,130
TW		0	#102	2	4,523
QA		0	#106	1	7,011
NA	Boys	0	#107	141	6,830
PH		0	#110	1	5,607
HU		0	#115	1	1,675
LU	Boys	0	#119	105	4,970
KW		0	#120	2	5,216
EC		0	#121	1	2,502
OM		0	#121	1	6,215
CY	Boys	0	#129	3	3,473
MU		0	#131	7	3,613
IQ		0	#133	1	3,533
PA		0	#137	2	3,797
JO		0	#140	1	2,158
BW	Girls	0	#150	2	4,216
BW	Boys	0	#153	2	4,685
MT	Girls	0	#153	1	3,773
MT	Boys	0	#154	23	4,064
CR		0	#165	1	5,526
HU	Boys	0	#172	3	3,954
PR	Boys	0	#178	1	2,508
AE		0	#179	9	10,220
Sweden	Boys	2022	#181	2	1,509
LU	Girls	0	#189	2	4,850
MU	Boys	0	#194	178	8,477
RU		0	#194	1	3,641
PL		0	#212	1	2,600
BG	Boys	0	#220	1	3,850
PS		0	#226	1	5,692
IR		0	#231	1	4,221
MO	Boys	0	#233	2	5,842
AO	Boys	0	#245	5	5,568
GH		0	#247	2	5,396
PT		0	#248	3	4,161
TW	Boys	0	#252	5	7,111
JM	Boys	0	#254	19	6,876
HR	Boys	0	#258	2	3,997
GR	Boys	0	#268	6	6,912
NG		0	#272	1	5,926
JM	Girls	0	#278	1	7,507
SG		0	#279	4	11,010
IL		0	#282	1	6,291
TW	Girls	0	#289	1	8,139
Canada	Boys	2024	#296	11	2,588
CZ	Boys	0	#299	7	6,530
JP	Boys	0	#300	4	7,909
CN	Boys	0	#304	16	9,639
SA		0	#307	6	10,560
DK	Boys	0	#313	13	7,401
PE		0	#321	9	6,350
GH	Boys	0	#331	15	8,138
MU	Girls	0	#333	19	8,539
PL	Boys	0	#340	1	6,459
QA	Girls	0	#343	1	15,378
PT	Boys	0	#350	18	7,951
MY		0	#352	3	12,352
HK		0	#353	5	8,483
BR		0	#358	3	5,969
SD	Girls	0	#358	1	7,678
NL		0	#370	22	2,481
France	Boys	2017	#384	13	2,842
JO	Boys	0	#388	2	7,057
PH	Boys	0	#402	7	11,440
BO		0	#408	1	6,868
EG		0	#408	5	6,387
UY	Boys	0	#409	5	5,922
OM	Girls	0	#424	1	15,987
Germany		0	#426	12	2,542
PH	Girls	0	#426	4	13,098
CL		0	#431	4	6,867
SD	Boys	0	#435	11	10,523
MX		0	#444	2	8,339
GT	Boys	0	#463	12	7,625
CR	Boys	0	#477	11	10,188
AR	Boys	0	#481	3	7,628
LB		0	#481	181	13,263
HK	Boys	0	#498	30	12,905
PA	Boys	0	#500	6	9,305
CO		0	#507	4	7,768
CM	Girls	0	#508	33	11,671
RU	Boys	0	#519	8	12,621
CL	Boys	0	#520	150	13,390
PS	Boys	0	#538	11	10,655
NL	Boys	0	#547	471	5,873
LY		0	#552	8	12,703
IR	Boys	0	#561	5	10,162
KW	Girls	0	#561	1	19,177
CR	Girls	0	#572	2	11,342
BH		0	#579	9	17,937
IL	Boys	0	#594	14	10,983
AE	Girls	0	#595	3	20,968
BO	Boys	0	#615	8	9,244
AR	Girls	0	#630	1	8,289
SG	Boys	0	#666	32	17,960
Finland	Boys	2026	#678	5	3,552
QA	Boys	0	#678	30	18,093
IT		0	#688	27	4,183
IQ	Boys	0	#696	2	13,071
BR	Boys	0	#728	24	12,213
KW	Boys	0	#744	26	18,755
SY		0	#764	4	11,684
TN		0	#774	56	13,765
PE	Boys	0	#794	85	14,506
CL	Girls	0	#820	32	14,098
OM	Boys	0	#831	51	17,948
Spain	Boys	0	#839	92	5,610
EG	Boys	0	#845	42	15,035
Germany	Boys	0	#852	101	5,697
CO	Boys	0	#879	42	15,656
United States	Boys	2024	#880	13	7,044
NG	Boys	0	#926	26	16,906
MX	Boys	0	#941	42	16,355
BR	Girls	0	#991	2	12,708
EG	Girls	0	#1,009	1	14,742
IT	Boys	0	#1,009	475	10,046
PE	Girls	0	#1,010	1	14,861
SA	Girls	0	#1,013	2	25,931
IN	Boys	0	#1,038	2	16,750
AE	Boys	0	#1,041	52	22,615
MA		0	#1,056	73	20,986
MY	Boys	0	#1,097	15	25,439
ZA	Girls	0	#1,104	38	25,928
DZ		0	#1,134	43	20,130
TR		0	#1,202	10	19,440
MX	Girls	0	#1,265	3	17,781
IT	Girls	0	#1,436	11	9,415
SA	Boys	0	#1,578	37	28,008

Francois is popular in 76 countries — most recent births per country:

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