Frank

A male given name, form of Francis or Franklin.

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Frank is a masculine given name.
Ultimately from the Germanic tribal name of the Franks, in the early medieval Frankish Empire, the status of being "a Frank" became synonymous with that of a free man; hence also the English adjective frank (Middle English, from Old French franc, 12th century).
Use as a given name seems to arise already in the Carolingian period; the Old High German form Francho, Franko is on record from the 8th century. While Frank is a given name in its own right, in fact reflecting the Old Frankish form *Frank, the given name in the United States arose again in the 20th century as a short form of Francis (which is itself a shortening of Franciscus, i.e. "the Frenchman", in reference to Saint Francis of Assisi), as popularized by Frank Sinatra (born Francis Albert Sinatra, 1915–1998).

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C. 1300, "free, liberal, generous;" 1540s, "outspoken," from Old French franc "free (not servile); without hindrance, exempt from; sincere, genuine, open, gracious, generous; worthy, noble, illustrious" (12c.), from Medieval Latin francus "free, at liberty, exempt from service," as a noun, "a freeman, a Frank" (see Frank). A generalization of the tribal name; the connection is that Franks, as the conquering class, alone had the status of freemen in a world that knew only free, captive, or slave. For sense connection of "being one of the nation" and "free," compare Latin liber "free," from the same root as German Leute "nation, people" (see liberal (adj.)) and Slavic "free" words (Old Church Slavonic svobodi, Polish swobodny, Serbo-Croatian slobodan) which are cognates of the first element in English sibling "brother, sister" (in Old English used more generally: "relative, kinsman"). For the later sense development, compare ingenuity.

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Germanic tribe, from France, frenchman, free man.

Gianfranco, Francisco, Franco, Franciscus, Francesco, Frederick, Franklin, Franz, Francis

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Frank Sinatra	1915	American singer and film actor
2	Anne Frank	1929	Victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
3	Frank Ocean	1987	American musician
4	Frank Abagnale	1948	American security consultant, former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist
5	Frank Zappa	1940	American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
6	Frank Gifford	1930	American football player, television sportscaster
7	Frank Lucas	1930	American mobster
8	Frank Lampard	1978	English footballer
9	Frank Lloyd Wright	1867	American architect (1867-1959)
10	Frank Grillo	1965	American actor
11	Frank Welker	1946	American actor
12	Frank Oz	1944	American actor and director
13	Jason David Frank	1973	American martial artist
14	Frank Mir	1979	American martial artist
15	Frank Langella	1938	American actor
16	Frank Dillane	1991	British actor
17	Frank Underwood		Fictional character from House of Cards
18	Frank Miller	1957	American writer, artist, film director
19	Frank Stallone	1950	American actor-singer
20	Frank Dux	1956	Fight choreographer and martial artist
21	Frank Sinatra, Jr.	1944	American singer, songwriter and conductor
22	Frank Gehry	1929	Canadian-American (b.1929)
23	Otto Frank	1889	German Jew and Nazi concentration camp survivor
24	Frank Costello	1891	American mobster
25	Frank Darabont	1959	American film director, screenwriter and producer
26	Frank Rijkaard	1962	Dutch footballer and manager
27	Frank de Boer	1970	Dutch footballer and manager
28	Frank Serpico	1936	NYPD officer, whistle blower
29	Frank Rosenthal	1929	American gambler
30	Frank Cali	1965	American mobster
31	Frank Gore	1983	American football running back for the San Francisco 49ers
32	Frank Bruno	1961	British boxer
33	Frank Capra	1897	Sicilian-born American film director
34	Barney Frank	1940	American politician, former member of the House of Representatives for Massachusetts
35	Frank Kaminsky	1993	American basketball player, Charlotte Hornets
36	Frank Nitti	1886	Boss of Chicago Outfit
37	Frank Thomas	1968	American baseball player
38	Filthy Frank	1992	Australian-Japanese YouTuber, comedian, musician and web actor
39	Antoinette Frank	1971	American police officer
40	Frank Stallone, Sr.	1919	American hairdresser
41	Frank Morris	1926	American criminal, escapee from Alcatraz
42	Frank Shamrock	1972	American mixed martial artist
43	Frank Zane	1942	American bodybuilder
44	Frank Turner	1981	English singer-songwriter
45	Frank Rosin	1966	German cook
46	Leo Frank	1884	Jewish-American factory superintendent
47	Frank Morgan	1890	Actor
48	Frank Skinner	1957	English comedian and television personality
49	Frank Whaley	1963	American actor
50	Hans Frank	1900	Nazi war criminal; executed in 1946
51	Frank Iero	1981	American musician
52	Frank Gorshin	1933	American actor and comedian
53	Frank Beard	1949	American musician
54	Frank Vincent	1939	American actor
55	Frank Herbert	1920	American writer
56	Margot Frank	1926	Older sister of Anne Frank
57	Frank Beamer	1946	American college football player, college football coach
58	Frank Sutton	1923	American actor
59	Frank Kelly	1938	Irish actor
60	Frank Thornton	1921	Actor from England
61	Frank Perry	1930	Film director
62	Frank James	1843	Outlaw, Confederate guerrilla, and train robber from Kearney, Clay County, Missouri, USA
63	Frank Buckles	1901	United States Army soldier and centenarian
64	Frank Finlay	1926	British actor
65	Frank Gardner	1961	British journalist and correspondent
66	Frank Luntz	1962	American political consultant, author, and pollster
67	Frank Ferrer	1966	American musician
68	Frank Robinson	1935	American professional baseball player, outfielder, manager
69	Frank Buschmann	1964	German basketball player and television presenter
70	Lisa Frank	1955	American artist
71	Frank Sheeran	1920	American mobster
72	Frank Gallagher	1960
73	Frank Frazetta	1928	American fantasy and science fiction artist
74	Frank Pentangeli		Fictional human
75	Frank Marshall	1946	American film producer and director
76	Frank Hanebuth	1964
77	Frank Silva	1949	American actor
78	Frank Stella	1936	American artist
79	Frank Williams	1942	Formula One team owner
80	Frank DiPascali	1956	American fraudster
81	Frank Fertitta III	1962	American entrepreneur
82	Frank Dukes	1983
83	Frank Farian	1941	German record producer and songwriter
84	Frank Borman	1928	NASA astronaut
85	Frank Gusenberg	1892	American mobster
86	Frank Whittle	1907	British Royal Air Force engineer air officer
87	Frank Mason III	1994	American basketball player
88	Frank Marshall Davis	1905	United States writer, political and labor movement activist
89	Edith Frank	1900	Mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank
90	Frank Matthews	1944	American drug trafficker
91	Frank Deford	1938	American sportswriter
92	Frank Warren	1952	Boxing promoter
93	Robert Frank	1924	American photographer and filmmaker
94	Frank Vogel	1973	American basketball player and coach
95	Frank Reich	1961	American football player and coach
96	Frank McCourt	1953	American businessman
97	Ze Frank	1972	American online performance artist
98	Frank Franz	1978	German politician
99	Frank Capone	1895	American mobster
100	Frank Cady	1915	American actor
101	Frank Blanco	1975	Spanish television presenter
102	Frank Lentini	1881	American sideshow performer
103	Frank Lowy	1930	Australian businessman and founder and chairman of Westfield
104	Kim Frank	1982	German actor and author
105	Frank Hopkins	1865	American horseman
106	Frank Potenza	1933	Policeman, bodyguard, television personality
107	Frank Gaffney	1953	American writer and pundit
108	Frank Olson	1910	American chemist
109	Frank Edwards	1990	Gospel musician
110	Frank Ntilikina	1998	French basketball player
111	Frank Hamer	1884	American lawman
112	Frank Mitchell	1929	British murder victim
113	Frank James Burke		American mobster
114	Frank Lautenberg	1924	U.S. Senator from New Jersey
115	Jackson C. Frank	1943	American musician
116	Frank Bainimarama	1954	Prime Minister of Fiji
117	Frank Kjærby Jensen	1981	Dutch radio presenter
118	Karl Hermann Frank	1898	Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament and german nation politician
119	Frank Caliendo	1974	American comedian and impressionist
120	Frank Sivero	1952	American actor
121	Frank Caprio	1936	American judge
122	Frank Cullotta	1938	Chicago gangster
123	Frank Winfield Woolworth	1852	American businessman
124	Frank O'Hara	1926	American poet, art critic and writer
125	Frank Perconte	1917
126	Frank Leboeuf	1968	French footballer
127	Frank Tripucka	1927	American football player
128	Thomas Frank	1965	American political analyst, historian and writer
129	Frank Loesser	1910	American songwriter
130	Frank L. VanderSloot	1948	American businessman
131	Frank Trigg	1972	American sport wrestler and martial artist
132	Frank Rizzo	1920	American mayor
133	Frank Bough	1933	English television presenter
134	Frank Wilczek	1951	Physicist
135	Frank Faylen	1905	Actor
136	Frank John Hughes	1967	American actor
137	Frank Martin		Fictional character
138	Frank Ifield	1937	Australian-English easy listening and country music singer
139	Frank Solich	1944	American football player and coach
140	Frank Bank	1942	Actor from the United States
141	Frank Stilwell	1856	American outlaw
142	Frank Bruni	1964	American journalist
143	Frank E. Butler	1847	American wildwest marksman
144	Frank McRae	1944	American actor
145	Frank Coraci	1966	American film director
146	Frank Auerbach	1931	British artist
147	Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt	1839	American socialite and philanthropist
148	Frank Gotch	1878	American professional wrestler
149	Frank Mankiewicz	1924	American journalist
150	Frank Harper	1962	British actor and film producer
151	Frank Sobotka		Character from The Wire
152	Frank Reynolds	1923	Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
153	Frank Spotnitz	1960	Writer, producer
154	Frank Matthée	1967	German wedding planner
155	Frank Jack Fletcher	1885	United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
156	Frank Bello	1965	American musician
157	Frank McGrath	1903	American actor and stunt performer
158	Frank West
159	Frank Giustra	1957	Canadian businessman
160	Frank Field	1942	British politician
161	Frank Glaubrecht	1943	German actor
162	Frank Church	1924	American politician
163	Frank Acheampong	1993	Football player
164	Frank G. Jackson	1946	Mayor of Cleveland
165	Frank Sturgis	1924	United States military, undercover operative
166	Frank Packer	1906	Australian media proprietor
167	Frank Schaeffer	1952	American film director
168	Frank DeCicco	1935	American mobster
169	Frank Bonner	1942	American actor and director
170	Frank Zummo
171	Frank Thring	1926	Actor
172	Frank Murkowski	1933	Alaska politician
173	Frank Marino	1954	Canadian guitarist
174	Frank Eudy	1984
175	Frank Howard	1936	American baseball player and coach
176	Frank Middlemass	1919	Actor
177	Frank Shorter	1947	American long-distance runner, Olympic gold medalist
178	Frank McLaury	1848	American gunman
179	Frank Drake	1930	American astronomer and astrophysicist
180	Frank Rich	1949	American essayist and columnist
181	Frank Delay	1973	French actor
182	Frank Fay	1891	American actor
183	Frank Collison	1950	American actor
184	Diana Frank	1965	German actress
185	Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford	1905	British politician
186	Frank Wead	1895	American naval aviator
187	Frank Stronach	1932	Canadian politician
188	Frank Clark	1993	American football player
189	Frank Jackson	1998	American basketball player
190	Frank Murphy	1890	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
191	Frank Wills	1948	American security guard
192	Frank Pellegrino	1944	American actor
193	Frank Doubleday	1945	American actor
194	Frank Carlucci	1930	American politician
195	Scott Frank	1960	American screenwriter and director
196	Frank Haith	1965	American basketball coach
197	Frank DiLeo	1947	American music industry executive
198	Frank Broyles	1924	American college football coach, college athletic director
199	Frank Overton	1918	American actor
200	Frank Converse	1938	American actor