Francis

francis English Etymology en la-med Franciscus Frankish (man); a Frank, from la Francia Frankland). en Francisco Franz. Pronunciation en trap-bath split en /ˈfɹɑːnsɪs/ [ˈfɹʷɑːnsɪs] RP,SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Francis.wav Southern England en /ˈfɹɐːnsɪs/ [ˈfɹʷɐːnsɪs] South Australia,NZ en bad-lad split en /ˈfɹæːnsɪs/ [ˈfɹʷæːnsɪs] AU,non-æ-tensing en /ˈfɹæːnsɪs/ [ˈfɹʷɛːnsɪs] ~ [ˈfɹʷeːnsɪs] AU,æ-tensing en non-trap-bath split bad-lad split!without the bad-lad split en /ˈfɹænsɪs/ [ˈfɹʷænsɪs] US,CA,non-æ-tensing en æ-tensing en /ˈfɹænsɪs/ [ˈfɹʷeə̯nsɪs] ~ [ˈfɹʷɛə̯nsɪs] US,CA en /ˈfɹansɪs/ [ˈfɹʷansɪs] ~ [ˈfɹʷänsɪs] Northern England,Midlands en /ˈfɾansɪs/ [ˈfɾänsɪs] Scotland en variable <<trap-bath split>> en /ˈfɹansɪs/ /ˈfɹaːnsɪs/ Wales en ænsɪs ɑːnsɪs en Fran cis Proper noun en male Latin. en February 9 1820 w:Leigh Hunt Names The Indicator XVIII Francis is one of the pleasantest names in use. It has a fine open air with it, - a sound correspondent to its sense. en 2006 w:Kate Atkinson One Good Turn 454 Black Swan 2007 9780552772440 Francis had never been 'Frank' or 'Fran', he had always been called by his full name. It had lent him a certain dignity that he had possibly never earned. en Priscilla Alvarez Senate confirms Biden’s pick to serve as US Citizenship and Immigration Services director w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/30/politics/uscis-confirmation 2021-07-30 Under former President Donald Trump, USCIS was led by a string of acting officials after L. Francis Cissna left in 2019 – most notably immigration hardliner Ken Cuccinelli who gained attention for his push for Trump policies and frequent press engagements. https://web.archive.org/web/20220209181254/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/30/politics/uscis-confirmation/ 9 February 2022 en https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/white-smoke-signals-election-of-new-roman-catholic-pope White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope 2025-05-08 Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood w:The Guardian Francis riled conservative cardinals with his compassion for migrants and refugees, openness towards LGBTQ+ Catholics and demands for action on the climate crisis. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Dufgu 8 May 2025 en rare en female Latin, en Frances 1. en patronymics. A placename en rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127) in south-east p/Saskatchewan c/Canada. en town p/Saskatchewan within the rural municipality. en ghost town co/Wheeler County s/Nebraska c/USA. en twp co/Holt County s/Nebraska. en town co/Pontotoc County s/Oklahoma. en town co/Summit County s/Utah c/USA. Derived terms en Fran Franny Frannie Lake Saint Francis,Lake St. Francis Sir Francis Drake Channel St. Francis St. Francisville Related terms en France Frances Frank Frauncis Translations male given name Albanian: sq Françesk m, sq Ngjiku Arabic: ar فَرَنْسِيس m Armenian: hy Ֆրանցիսկոս Basque: eu Frantzizko, eu Patxi, eu Frantzisko Belarusian: be Франці́шак m Breton: br Frañsez Bulgarian: bg Франци́ск m Catalan: ca Francesc, used only as equivalent to French fr François ca Francés Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 弗朗西斯 Fúlǎngxīsī Czech: cs František m Danish: da Frans c Dutch: nl Frans m, nl Francis m, nl Franciscus m Esperanto: eo Francisko Faroese: fo Frans m, fo Frank m Finnish: fi Frans, fi Franciscus religion Franco-Provençal: frp Francês French: fr François m, fr Francis m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Fransiskus Galician: gl Francisco m German: de Franz m, de Franziskus m Greek: el Φραγκίσκος m Hawaiian: haw Palakiko Hungarian: hu Ferenc Icelandic: is Frans Indonesian: id Fransiskus Irish: ga Proinsias m Italian: it Francesco m Japanese: ja フランシス Furanshisu, ja フランソワ Furansowa French form Konkani: kok Frask, kok Forso Latin: la Franciscus m Latvian: lv Francis m Lithuanian: lt Pranciškus m Maltese: mt Franġisk, mt Frans Manx: gv Frank m Māori: mi Paranihi Marathi: mr फ्रँसिस m, mr फ्रांसिस Neapolitan: nap Francisco Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Frans m Occitan: oc Francés m Polish: pl Franciszek Portuguese: pt Francisco Romanian: ro Francisc Russian: ru Франци́ск m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Фрањо m Latin: sh Franjo m Slovak: sk František m Slovene: sl Frančišek m Spanish: es Francisco, es Paco Swedish: sv Frans Tagalog: tl Fransisco Ukrainian: uk Франци́ск m Vietnamese: vi Phanxicô Catholic Welsh: cy Ffransis Anagrams en acfinrs Friscan en unisex given names Cebuano Etymology ceb en Francis, from ceb la Franciscus, originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi. Pronunciation ceb Fran cis Proper noun Fráncis + ceb male English < Latin Dutch Etymology From nl la Franciscus, originally a nickname of St. Francis of Assisi. Pronunciation nl Nl-Francis.ogg Proper noun m nl male Related terms nl Frans French Etymology fr :bor en:Francis fr en Francis. Pronunciation Franciss fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Francis.wav Proper noun m fr male François Related terms fr François Latvian Etymology First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1522. From lv la Franciscus. Corresponding to en Francis. Proper noun lv proper noun m lv male Related terms lv Franciska References Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0 Population Register of Latvia: Francis was the only given name of 536 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.