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France - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name France

[ 1 syll. fran-ce, fr-a-nce ] The boy name France is pronounced as FRAENS KEY. France is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Italian origins. France is a short form of the name Francis (English).

France is an infrequently used baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly linked to France, Francis (English) was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like France include Franc (Slavic and French), Franck (French), Frang (Scottish), Frank (English and German), Frans (Dutch, Finnish, and Scandinavian), Franz (German), Ferenc (Hungarian), Ffransis (Welsh), Francesc (Catalan), Francie (English), Francis (English), Francisque (French), Franciszk (Polish), Franco (Italian and Spanish), François (French), Franek (Polish), Franjo (Slavic), Franki (English), Frankie (English), and Franko (German).

KEY: Pronunciation for France: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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