Francesc

given name · Latin script

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

Francesc 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: Saint Francis of Assisi.

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 3K(measured from records)
  • IEIreland≈1 in 739as Frances
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 765as Frances

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 Francesc 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)

≈1,600,000 named Frances, est.

#376 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
556 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

FrancesLatin(measured from records)
פרנססHebrew(measured from records)
ฟรานเซสThai(measured from records)
ΦρανςGreek(measured from records)
프랜시스Hangul(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)

Saint Francis of Assisi

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Francesc 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 Francesc is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈1,600,000 est.≈1 in 886—Frances56
US United States#164201,693as Frances1 in 1.6K200KFrances556
GB United Kingdom#149≈77,000 est.≈1 in 8505Frances286
ZA South Africa#131≈47,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Frans83
EG Egypt#828≈42,000 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Frances25
ES Spain#21016,5901 in 3K17KFrancesc186
SE Sweden#73912,150as Frans1 in 84012KFrans68
IE Ireland#105≈7,000 est.≈1 in 739—Frances111
NZ New Zealand#111≈6,400 est.≈1 in 76517Frances133
NL Netherlands#4412as Frâns1 in 1.4M14KFrans161

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); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); 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).

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

Francesc is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Françesc, Francesç

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Italy

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Francésc

  • Russian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Франсеск, Франсэск

  • Bulgarian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Францеск

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain

    Also written Françesc

39 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)

1700180019002000Francisco Palóu, b. 1723Francisco Pi y Margall, b. 1824Francesc Macià, b. 1859Francesc Cambó, b. 1876Francisco Buscató, b. 1940Francesc Orella i Pinell, b. 1957Ximo Puig, b. 1959Tito Vilanova, b. 1968Cesc Fàbregas, b. 1987Francesc Colomer Estruch, b. 1997

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Francesc
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—17K#170
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—17K#399
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—25#21,693
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198919—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202015—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201915—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201614—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201713—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201812—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201512—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201412—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—10#17,921

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 Francesc mean, and where does it come from?
Saint Francis of Assisi Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Francesc a male or female name?
Francesc 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.
What are other forms of the name Francesc?
In the etymology graph, Francisco, Frank and Francesco are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Francesc 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 Francesc most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Francesc is densest in Spain — about 1 in 3.0 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Francesc?
In Spain, the national register counted 16,590 people named Francesc, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
How common is Francesc compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, Francesc is the 44th most common given name of 101,916 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, “Francesc” — the 44th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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