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[ 3 syll. fran-ces-ca, fr-ance-sca ] The girl name Francesca is pronounced as FRaeNCHEHSKah †. Francesca is used predominantly in the Italian language and it is also derived from Italian origins. Francesca is a variation of the name Frances (English). Forms of Francesca include the pet form Frankie (English), and the variant spellings Franchesca (English) and Francheska (English). See also the related form, Francesco (Italian). Francesca is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity jumped from the 1960s up to the 1990s. Its usage peaked modestly in 1996 with 0.041% of baby girls being given the name Francesca. It ranked at #353 then. The baby name has since declined in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.031% and its ranking #491, but it was nonetheless the most popular among all girl names in its group. In 2008, 76% more girls were named Francesca than the subsequent ranked name, Frances. Baby names that sound like Francesca include Firenza, Franchesca (English), Francheska (English), Francisca (Portuguese and Spanish), Franciska (Hungarian and Slavic), Franciszka (Polish), Francziska (Hungarian), Franseza (Breton), Fransisca (English), Fransiska (English), Franziska (German), Farnaz (English), Fiorenza (Italian), Franca (Czech and Italian), Frances (English), Franci (English and Hungarian), Francie (English), Francique, Francis (English), and Francise (Romanian).
† English pronunciation for Francesca: 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)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
