Fran - Meaning of Fran

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Fran

[ 1 syll. fran, fr-an ] The baby boy name Fran is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is FRAEN †. Fran is used chiefly in the Albanian and English languages, and it is derived from Italian origins. Fran is a contraction of the name Francis (English).

See also the related categories, albanian and italian.

Fran is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2018, within the group of boy names directly linked to Fran, Francis was the most widely used. Fran has mostly been a girl name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Fran include Fraen, Frann, Farón, Farun, Ferhun, Fernán, Fraem, Fraeme, Fraene, Fraim, Fraime, Frain, Fraine, Frame, Frane, Fraym, Frayme, Frayn, Frayne, and Frean.

† Pronunciation for Fran: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"