Fränk

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/fʁɛŋk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Fränk is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Germany it is the 11th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From English or, rarely, English Frank, in the 19th century.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 142(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands≈1 in 273
  • CACanada≈1 in 421

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,000,000 people, est.

#140 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
638 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 142 (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

FränkLatin(measured from records)
프랭크Hangul(measured from records)
ՖրանկArmenian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Frank in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 5 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)

From English or, rarely, English Frank, in the 19th century.

Sources 10

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fränk 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.

Where Fränk is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈3,000,000 est.≈1 in 468—Frank110
DE Germany#11≈560,000 est.≈1 in 142—Frank344
US United States#64407,0861 in 817406KFrank638
NG Nigeria#341≈150,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Frank135
GB United Kingdom#98≈130,000 est.≈1 in 51817Frank344
CA Canada#58≈89,000 est.≈1 in 4216Frank327
NL Netherlands#14≈63,000 est.≈1 in 273128Frank193
NZ New Zealand#71≈12,000 est.≈1 in 428—Frank135

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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Fränk is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name57 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, France, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Frank, Fránk, Fran'K, Frânk, Fran-K

  • Hungarian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Finland, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Frank, Frâñk

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Frank, Franḳ, Frānk

  • Polish given name38 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Croatian

    Also written Frank, Frenk, Franck, Франк, Френк

5 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

InformalHallo Fränk,Hi Fränk, (English)

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)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Fränk mean, and where does it come from?
From English or, rarely, English Frank, in the 19th century. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 8 other sources.
How do you pronounce Fränk?
A machine transcription gives /fʁɛŋk/ (IPA) for German.
Is Fränk a male or female name?
Fränk 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 Fränk have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.0 million people named Fränk in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled frank.
How common is the name Fränk?
In the United States, the national register counted 407,086 people named Fränk in 2020, about 1 in 817 residents.
How common is Fränk compared with other names?
In Germany, Fränk is the 11th most common given name of 156,202 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, “Fränk” — the 11th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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