František
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/francɪʃɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
František is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 31st most common given name.
- CZCzechia1 in 44(measured from records)
- SKSlovakia≈1 in 1.3K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 218K
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.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- Sources
- 134 (measured from records)
- 1 in 44 (inferred from the name graph)
245,820 people
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Frantisek in DE Germany, AT Austria, CY Cyprus and 1 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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
František 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | #31 | 245,820 | 1 in 44 | 246K | František | 134 |
| SK Slovakia | #23 | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | František | 119 |
| CN China | — | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 447K | — | Frantisek | 4 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 208K | listed | Frantisek | 57 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 218K | — | František | 77 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 81K | 9 | Frantisek | 23 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Frantisek | 5 |
| BA Bosnia & Herzegovina | — | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 87K | — | František | 5 |
245,820 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; 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)
- Francysk Skarynab. 1486BYnot in their usual nameRuthenian humanist, bible translator and book printer
- Franz Bendab. 1709CZnot in their usual nameBohemian violinist and composer
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperorb. 1768FRnot in their usual namealso known as Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)
- František Palackýb. 1798CZCzech philosopher, historian, publicist and writer (1798-1876)
- František Kupkab. 1871CZCzech painter and graphic artist (1871–1957)
- František Langerb. 1888CZCzechoslovak playwright, general, doctor and writer (1888–1965)
- František Pláničkab. 1904CZCzech association football player (1904-1996)
- Bohumil Hrabalb. 1914CZnot in their usual nameCzech writer (1914–1997)
- František Vláčilb. 1924CZCzech film director and scriptwriter (1924–1999)
- František Strakab. 1958CZCzech association football player and coach
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)
Attested in 13 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 246K | #16 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 123K | #18 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 123K | #18 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2024 | — | #40 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2023 | — | #37 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2022 | — | #34 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2019 | — | #32 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2018 | — | #28 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2017 | — | #28 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2016 | — | #26 |
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
- Is František a male or female name?
- František 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.
- What are other forms of the name František?
- In the etymology graph, Francisco, Frank and Francesco are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce František?
- A machine transcription gives /francɪʃɛk/ (IPA) for Czech.
- In which country does František have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 246 thousand people named František, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled františek.
- Where is František most common?
- František is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 44 people carrying it.
- How common is the name František?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 245,820 people named František, about 1 in 44 residents.
- How common is František compared with other names?
- In Czechia, František is the 31st most common given name of 16,679 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about František?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/franti%C5%A1ekThe 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, “František” — the 31st most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.