Francis

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈfɹænsɪs/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈfɹɑːnsɪs/

Proper noun

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. Surname
4. A ghost town in Nebraska.
5. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. A town in Utah.

Related terms

• Frances
• Frank
• Frauncis

Translations

• French: François, Francis
• German: Franz, Franziskus
• Italian: Francesco
• Portuguese: Francisco
• Russian: Франциск
• Spanish: Francisco, Paco

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