Franciscus

Franciscus is a Latin given name, originally an epithet meaning "the Frank, the Frenchman". It was applied to Saint Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226). Francis had been baptized Giovanni (John); his father was Italian and his mother Provençale (at the time not considered French); his father was on business in France when he was born, and when he returned to Assisi, he began to call his son by the nickname Francesco, in the opinion of G. K. Chesterton possibly because out of a general enthusiasm for all things French, or because of his commercial success in France. After the canonization of Saint Francis of Assisi in 1228, the custom of naming children after saints led to the popularization of Franciscus as a given name. In the vernaculars of western Europe, the name diversified into the forms Francesco (Italian), Francisco (Spanish and Portuguese), Francesc (Catalan), François (Old French Franceis, whence English Francis), Franz (German, whence Hungarian Ferenc, Scandinavian and Dutch Frans); besides Frans, the Latin form remains commonly given in Dutch.
Franciscus may serve as the latinization of any of these given names; conversely, Francis may serve as the anglicization of anyone called Franciscus.

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Form of Francis: from France, frenchman, free man.

Francisco, Franco, Frans, Frank, Francesco, Franciszek, Ferenc, Francesc, Franklin, Franziskus, Franz, Francis

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	James Franciscus	1934	Actor
2	Franciscus Welirang
3	Franciscus Sylvius	1614	Physician and chemist of Leyden, Netherlands
4	Franciscus Donders	1818	Dutch ophthalmologist
5	Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta	1931
6	Franciscus Gomarus	1563	Dutch theologian
7	Franciscus van den Enden	1602	Teacher of Baruch de Spinoza, poet, art dealer, philosopher,
8	Franciscus Henri	1947	Musician and children's entertainer
9	Franciscus Patricius	1529	Philosopher and scientist from the Republic of Venice
10	Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont	1614	Flemish alchemist and writer
11	Franciscus Junius	1591	Philologist
12	Franciscus Accursius	1225	Italian jurist
13	Franciscus Bossinensis	1485	Composer
14	Franciscus Monachus
15	Franciscus Illenfeld		Moravian bell founder
16	Franciscus Quaresmius	1583	Italian orientalist
17	F B J Kuiper	1907	Dutch linguist
18	Franciscus Gijsbrechts	1649	Painter from the Southern Netherlands
19	Franciscus Pahr		Architect
20	Franciscus Raphelengius	1539	Dutch printer
21	Franciscus Sonnius	1506	Dutch theologian
22	Franciscus Haraeus	1555	Dutch/Belgian historian, theologian and cartographer
23	Franciscus Plante	1613	Dutch poet and chaplain
24	Franciscus Cornelius Smits	1800	Dutch organ maker
25	Franciscus Irenicus	1495	German historian
26	Franciscus Hermanus Bach	1865	Dutch painter
27	Franciscus de Neve	1632	Belgian artist
28	Franciscus Dousa	1577	Dutch classical scholar
29	Franciscus Carree	1630	Dutch painter
30	Franciscus Maelson	1538	Dutch physician and politician
31	Frans de Neve	1606	Painter
32	François Mesgnien	1623	Polish diplomat
33	Franciscus Lé Livec de Trésurin	1726	French martyr
34	Steve Franciscus	1982	Papua NEw Guinean rugby league player
35	Franciscus van Voorst tot Voorst	1884	Dutch sport shooter
36	Franciscus Bonae Spei	1617	Belgian philosopher
37	Franz Lübeck	1533
38	Franciscus Titelmans	1502	Flemish theologian
39	Franz Volckland	1696	Organ builder
40	Franciscus Maria Amandus van Schaeck Mathon	1853	Belgian politician
41	Franciscus Nagler	1873	German writer (1873-1957)
42	François Portus	1511	Greek scholar and translator
43	Franciscus van Maldeghem	1180	Belgian politician
44	Frans van Cranevelt	1485	Dutch jurist
45	Franciscus Roels	1887	Dutch psychologist (1887-1962)
46	Franciscus van Hombeeck	1885	Belgian politician
47	Franciscus Lieftinck	1835	Dutch politician
48	Franciscus Jurgens	1874	Sports shooter
49	Franciscus Loots	1627
50	Franciscus Boermans	1815
51	Franciscus van Ostaden	1896	Dutch writer (1896-1961)
52	Johannes Franciscus Van Sterbeeck	1630	Botanist and mycologist (1630-1693)
53	Franciscus Marcellus Amsfortius
54	Franciscus Waterreus	1902	Cyclist
55	Franciscus Fabricius	1663	Dutch theologian
56	Franciscus Johannes Maria Smits van Oyen	1895	Dutch politician (1895-1984)
57	Franciscus Holkema	1840	Dutch biologist
58	Franciscus de Rivulo
59	Franciscus Bernardus Hubertus Michiels van Kessenich	1802	Dutch politician
60	Franciscus Knockert	1600
61	Franciscus Omichius	1530	German theologian
62	Franz Chemnitz	1609
63	Franciscus Buratti	1582
64	Franciscus Fredericus Prager	1794
65	Frans Ernst Alexander van Hövell tot Westervlier en Wezeveld	1846
66	Franciscus Sturm	1879	Dutch architect
67	Frank Baur	1887	Belgian politician
68	Franciscus Kopong Kung	1950
69	Franciscus Leonardus Stracké	1849	Dutch sculptor
70	Franziskus Janssens	1881	Dutch priest
71	Franciscus van der Steen	1615	Flemish engraver
72	Franciscus Jozef Breteler	1932	Dutch botanist
73	Franciscus Joannes Herman Bachg	1902	Dutch lawyer and politician
74	Franciscus Florius	1530
75	Franciscus Gerard van Bloemen Waanders	1825	Belgian politician
76	Franciscus Theodorus Hubertus Uijen	1878	Dutch politician (1878-1956)
77	Franciscus Xaverius Stracké	1850	Dutch sculptor
78	Franciscus Theodorus Johannes Hubertus Dobbelmann	1830	Dutch politician
79	Franciscus van Roessel	1918	Arch bishop of Ujung Pandang
80	Franciscus Conradus Palaoensoeka
81	Franciscus Johannes Jespers	1790
82	Franciscus Kenninck	1859
83	Franciscus van Osch	1754
84	Franciscus Parcovius	1560
85	Franciscus Jacobus Joannes Cremers	1779	Belgian politician
86	Franciscus Josefus Alfonsus Teresia Maria Vos de Wael	1908	Dutch politician (1908-1983)
87	Franciscus Floridus
88	Franciscus Longville	1897	Belgian politician
89	Franciscus Johannes Emilius van Zinnicq Bergmann	1807	Dutch jurist and politician
90	Franciscus Anthonius Moerel	1870	Dutch politician (1870-1923)
91	Franciscus Smits	1758
92	Franciscus Hubertus Quix	1874	Dutch physician
93	Franciscus Johannes Tollens	1815
94	Franciscus Van Schoor	1871	Belgian politician
95	Franciscus van Spoelberch	1676
96	Franciscus Livinus De Rouck	1764
97	Franciscus Hexspoor	1861
98	Franciscus Daeninck	1829	Belgian politician
99	Franciscus de Graillet	1773
100	Franciscus Binkes	1794	Dutch lawyer
101	Franciscus-Petrus Cornelissen de Schooten	1744
102	Franciscus Deurweerders
103	Franciscus Josephus Ferdinandus Richardt
104	Francis Jenkinson	1853	Cambridge University Librarian
105	Francis Liu Jinwen	1872	Chinese bishop