Fràncis
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Fràncis is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country, where it is the 87th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From English Francis, from Latin Franciscus, originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi.
- GHGhana≈1 in 379(inferred from the name graph)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 530
- BEBelgium≈1 in 740
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.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- #511 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 576 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 379 (inferred from the name graph)
≈400,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
Highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Francis in US United States, PH Philippines, NG Nigeria and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- EnglishFrancis(measured from records)
- LatinFranciscus(measured from records)
From English Francis, from Latin Franciscus, originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi.
Sources 6
- A concise dictionary of first names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Fràncis 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #87 | ≈400,000 est. | ≈1 in 530 | — | Francis | 155 |
| US United States | #243 | 138,493 | 1 in 2.4K | 121K | Francis | 576 |
| PH Philippines | #128 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 861 | — | Francis | 191 |
| GH Ghana | #7 | ≈78,000 est. | ≈1 in 379 | — | Francis | 126 |
| FR France | — | ≈69,000 est. | ≈1 in 989 | 166K | — | 15 |
| BE Belgium | #546 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 740 | 792 | Francis | 139 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Fràncis mean, and where does it come from?
- From English Francis, from Latin Franciscus, originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 4 other sources.
- Is Fràncis a male or female name?
- Fràncis is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Fràncis have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 404 thousand people named Fràncis in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled francis.
- How common is the name Fràncis?
- In the United States, the national register counted 138,493 people named Fràncis in 2020, about 1 in 2.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Fràncis compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Fràncis is the 87th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
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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, “Fràncis” — the 87th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.