Group info: | Meaning/translation: | of the Franks |
Language of origin: | Old High German |
Info about origin, male: | the name of the tribe possibly derives from frank, an old Germanic word meaning free, also the root of English frank |
| also possible is that the Franks got their name from their characteristic weapon, the Francisca (Latin securis francisca), a kind of throwing ax |
Words: | franko = the Frank (a member of the Germanic tribe of the Franks) Old High German |
| frank = free Germanic |
Topics: | Words |
Variants' top ranks: | 7:Franco Buenos Aires 2006, 15:Frank England+Wales 1914, 20:Franka Croatia 2020, 32:Franklin Ecuador 2013, 33:Frankie New Zealand 2020, 57:Frankie England+Wales 2015, 233:Franck France 2002 |
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Name variants: 3 female and 7 male name variants, sorted by name and gender | |
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