Ferenc
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Libre
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 31 countries · latest register: Nyilvántartó, 2025
/fɛrɛnt͡s/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ferenc is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country, where it is the 8th most common given name.
- HUHungary1 in 80(measured from records)
- RORomania≈1 in 14K
- USUnited States1 in 559K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Hungary (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 210 (measured from records)
- 1 in 80 (inferred from the name graph)
122,154 people, 2025
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Hungary
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Libre
Cited for this meaning 1
- 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Ferenc counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HU Hungary | #8 | 122,154 | 1 in 80 | 122K | Ferenc | 210 |
| RS Serbia | #374 | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Ferenc | 42 |
| RO Romania | #410 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Ferenc | 52 |
| US United States | — | 595 | 1 in 559K | 590 | Ferenc | 175 |
| SE Sweden | — | 591 | 1 in 17K | 591 | — | 44 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 15K | 41 | — | — |
| HR Croatia | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 196 | — | — |
122,154 people counted by Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025), 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Francis II Rákóczib. 1676HUnot in their usual nameleader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703–1711
- Franz Lisztb. 1811ATnot in their usual nameHungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
- Franz Lehárb. 1870HUnot in their usual nameKomárom-born Austrian music composer (1870–1948)
- Ferenc Molnárb. 1878HUHungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)
- Bela Lugosib. 1882USnot in their usual nameHungarian-American actor (1882–1956)
- Ferenc Szálasib. 1897HUHungarian fascist politician, executed for war crimes (1897-1946)
- Ferenc Puskásb. 1927HUHungarian association football player (1927–2006)
- Ferenc Mádlb. 1931HUHungarian politician (1931-2011)
- Frank Darabontb. 1959USnot in their usual nameAmerican film director, screenwriter and producer
- Ferenc Gyurcsanyb. 1961HUPrime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)68 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2025 | 122K | #11 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 591 | #2,473 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 590 | #18,182 |
| HU Hungary | magyarnevek — given names by decade | 1997 | 526 | #35 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 313 | — |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 newborn names (2020–2024) | 2024 | 153 | #71 |
| HU Hungary | magyarnevek.hu — Top-100 newborn given names 2025 (M+F) | 2025 | 127 | #76 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 104 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 41 | #713 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5 | #18,182 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2024 | 5 | #763 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 5 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ferenc mean, and where does it come from?
- Libre Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
- Is Ferenc a male or female name?
- Ferenc is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Hungary (Nyilvántartó, 2025), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Finland (DVV) and Netherlands (Meertens NVB), among others.
- What are other forms of the name Ferenc?
- In the etymology graph, Francisco, Frank and Francesco are forms of the same name in other languages; Feri is a recorded short or pet form.
- How do you pronounce Ferenc?
- A machine transcription gives /fɛrɛnt͡s/ (IPA) for Hungarian.
- In which country does Ferenc have the most bearers?
- In Hungary, the national register counted about 122 thousand people named Ferenc, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ferenc.
- Where is Ferenc most common?
- Ferenc is densest in Hungary, where the national register counts about 1 in 80 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Ferenc?
- In Hungary, the national register counted 122,154 people named Ferenc in 2025, about 1 in 80 residents.
- How common is Ferenc compared with other names?
- In Hungary, Ferenc is the 8th most common given name of 18,528 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ferenc?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ferencThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ferenc” — the 8th most common given name in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.