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Franca - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Franca

[ 2 syll. fran-ca, fr-a-nca ] The girl name Franca is pronounced FRAENGKah †. Franca's language of origin is Italian and Germanic, and it is used largely in the Czech and Italian languages.

Franca is a Czech and Italian variant form of Frances (English).

Franca is also an Italian variant form of Franka (German and Italian).

See also the related form, Franco (Italian and Spanish).

Franca is infrequently used as a baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of girl names directly linked to Franca, Frances was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Franca include Francka (Czech and Slavic), Franka (German and Italian), Farnaz (English), Frances (English), Franci (English and Hungarian), Francie (English), Francique, Francis (English), Francise (Romanian), Francys, Françoise (French), Frangag (Scottish), Frankee, Frankey (English), Franki, Frankie (English), Franky, Fransi (English), Franzi (German), and Fränzi (German).

 



† English pronunciation for Franca: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; NG as in "ping (P.IH.NG)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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