Franciscus

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Latinised form of Franko: Latin franciscus = 'Frank, Frenchman' ^{[1] [2]}

2) Latinised form of Francesco ^{[3] [4]}

Related Names

Francis	♂
Franciscus	♂
Franciskus	♂
François	♂		French
Franses	♂
Franziskus	♂

See also:
Female forms: Francisca
Short forms: Franz

Name Days

Denmark

4 October

Faroe Islands

4 October

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[5]		0	0	42	121
Denmark[6]		0	n.a.	22	n.a
Norway[7]		0	0	5	26
Finland[8]		n.a.	2	n.a	32
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Franciscus.

Sources: ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
4. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi