Frâns
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Frâns is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In the Netherlands it is the 44th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Ultimately, from Latin Franciscus.
- SESweden1 in 840(measured from records)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.2K
- NLNetherlands1 in 1.4M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Frâns itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #376 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 556 (measured from records)
- 1 in 840 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,600,000 named Frances, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Frances in US United States, GB United Kingdom, NZ New Zealand and 3 more and Frans in NL Netherlands, ZA South Africa, SE Sweden.
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)
Ultimately, from Latin Franciscus.
Sources 4
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Wiktionary
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
- Nordic Names
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Frâns 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 886 | — | Frances | 56 |
| US United States | #164 | 201,693as Frances | 1 in 1.6K | 200K | Frances | 556 |
| GB United Kingdom | #149 | ≈77,000 est. | ≈1 in 850 | 5 | Frances | 286 |
| ZA South Africa | #131 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Frans | 83 |
| EG Egypt | #828 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Frances | 25 |
| SE Sweden | #739 | 12,150 | 1 in 840 | 12K | Frans | 68 |
| IE Ireland | #105 | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 739 | — | Frances | 111 |
| NZ New Zealand | #111 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 765 | 17 | Frances | 133 |
| NL Netherlands | #44 | 12 | 1 in 1.4M | 14K | Frans | 161 |
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; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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)
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 12 | #15,999 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Frâns mean, and where does it come from?
- Ultimately, from Latin Franciscus. Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
- Is Frâns a male or female name?
- Frâns is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Frâns have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 million people named Frances in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Frâns most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Frâns is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 840 people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Frâns?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 12,150 people named Frâns, about 1 in 840 residents.
- How common is Frâns compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Frâns is the 44th most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Frâns?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fr%C3%A2nsThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Frâns” — the 44th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.