François name meaning
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What does François mean?
Illustrous François is used largely in Swedish, Danish, French and Finnish is of Latin and Italian origin, François means "Little Frenchwoman, Free Condition or Little Frenchman / Franke" is given to boys.
Also François is equivalent of Franciscus in French language. The name is celebrated on October 4th or January 24th.
How do I pronounce François?
frahn-SWAH is the most common way to pronounce two syllabled François.
Variants of François
Frans, Franz, Francesco, Franciscus, Francis, Franciskus
How popular is the name François?
a very popular name in France with over 398645 new-borns have been given the name since 1900. At its zenith in 1900, 5829 boys were bestowed the name and it was ranked at 12nd position.
In addition to that, the moniker has been in the top 50 baby names a whooping 94 times François used to be a common name in Belgium, first appeared in 1995 and over 1791 babies have been given the name in 24 years.
At its zenith in 1996,. However after 24 years, the name is on free fall on the charts.
But François is a popular baby name in Benin where every 1 in 500 have the name as well as in, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Switzerland and Guinea.
According to our research, over 400000 babies have been named François globally.
Facts
François in Nordic countries
| Countries | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Secondary Name | First Name | Secondary Name | |
 | 2420 | 4651 | 5 | 132 |
 | 25 | 70 | 5 | 132 |
 | 25 | 70 | 5 | 132 |
 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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Famous people named François
- François d'Aguilon, Belgian Jesuit mathematician
- François de Bar, French Benedictine monk and scholar
- François Barbé-Marbois, French politician
- François Tourte, French bow maker
- François de Malherbe, French poet, critic, and translator
- François Darlan, French admiral and political figure
- François Hemsterhuis, Dutch writer on aesthetics and moral philosophy
- François Victor Alphonse Aulard, first professional French historian of the French Revolution and of Napoleon
- François Mignet, French journalist and historian of the French Revolution
- François Rude, French sculptor
- François Girardon, French sculptor
- François de Bassompierre, French courtier
- François Hotman, French Protestant lawyer and writer
- François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French author and cleric
- François Tristan l'Hermite,
- François Couperin, French Baroque composer
- François Cheng, Chinese-born French academician, writer
- François Pétis de la Croix, French orientalist
- François Pithou, French lawyer and author
- François Lonseny Fall, Guinean diplomat and politician
- François Eudes de Mézeray, French historian
- François Rabbath, contemporary French double-bass player, soloist
- François Denis Tronchet, French jurist
- François de la Chaise, French Jesuit priest
- François de Neufchâteau, French statesman, poet, and scientist
- François Ponsard, French dramatist
- François Gonnessiat, French astronomer
- François de Montmorency, French soldier
- François Louis Bourdon, French politician of the Revolutionary period and 'procureur' at the 'parlement' of Paris
- François Marie Daudin, French zoologist
- François J. Terby, Belgian astronomer
- François Gagnepain, French botanist
- François Chabot, French politician
- François Levaillant, French author, explorer, naturalist
- François Bocion, Swiss artist and teacher
- François and Michel Anguier, were two French brothers and sculptors
- François Joseph Bosio, Monegasque sculptor
- François Dalle, French entrepreneur
- François Louis Thomas Francia, French watercolour painter
- François Vatel, majordomo of Nicolas Fouquet and prince Louis II de Bourbon-Condé
- François Jules Edmond Got, French stage actor, comedian, and opera librettist
- François Maynard, French poet who spent much of his life in Toulouse
- François Hanriot, French Jacobin leader and street orator of the Revolution
- François Quesnay, French economist and physician of the Physiocratic school
- François Fénelon, French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian
- François Jacob, French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod
- François Viète, French mathematician whose work on new algebra was an important step towards modern algebra
- François de Laval, first Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec
- François de Harlay de Champvallon, fifth Archbishop of Paris
- François Magendie, French physiologist
- François Truffaut, French film director, screenwriter, producer
- François Mitterrand, French statesman
- François Villon, best known French poet of the late Middle Ages
- François Boucher, French painter, draughtsman and etcher
- François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer
- François Duvalier, President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971
- François Rabelais, French Renaissance writer, physician
Lists having François
- Boy names beginning with F
- Italian Boy Names
- Latin Boy Names
- Danish Boy Names
- Finnish Boy Names
- French Boy Names
- Swedish Boy Names
- Popular Boy Names in France (2001)
- Popular Boy Names in Belgium (1999)
- Baby Names that mean Little
- Baby Names that mean Free
Sources
- Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004
- Sociale Verzekeringsbank, https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/family-names-and-first-names/first-names-boys-and-girls