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Francesca (female)

Variants:Frances (F) Francisca (F) Franciszka (F) Françoise (F) Fràngag (F) Františka (F) Franziska (F) Proincéas (F)
Diminutive(s):Franca (F)
Pet Name(s):Frankie (F)
Masculine form:Francesco (M) Francis (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Italian, from Latin "a Frenchwoman".

Most European languages have a variant of this name. The English variant is Frances, under which we have listed the other variants
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