Fran

Unisex given name

Nameunisex given name hypocorism female given nameQ1469911

Also known as Fran (first name) · Fran (given name)

Instance of: unisex given name
, hypocorism
, female given name
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1.Stated in World Gender Name Dictionary
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Fran is a Spanish, Italian, Croatian and Albanian male name or a common short form of the English names Frances and Francis. The Spanish and Italian Fran is more common for men, while the English name is mostly used for women. While the Croatian, Slovene and Albanian Fran is used as a proper name only for men.

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Language: Spanish
Slovene
English
Italian
Different from: Fran criterion used: given name has to use a different item than disambiguation pages
Native label: Fran
Script: Latin script
Soundex: F650
Cologne phonetics: 376
Caverphone: FRN111
Family name identical to this given name: Fran
Attested in: list of the most frequent given names at birth in Rotterdam (1811–1913) quotation: Fran · quantity: 386
Said to be the same as: Francisco
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AIDB. (2026). Fran (Q1469911). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/fran-Q1469911