Francisca - Meaning of Francisca

What does Francisca mean?

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Francisca

[ 3 syll. fran-cis-ca, fr-anci-sca ] The baby girl name Francisca is pronounced in Spanish as FRaaN-THIYS-Kaa or in Spanish-Latin American as FRaaN-SIYS-Kaa †. Francisca is used chiefly in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. It is derived from Italian origins. Francisca is a variant of the name Frances (English).

Chica (familiar form in Portuguese and Spanish) and Paquita (familiar form in Spanish) are variants of the name.

See also the related categories, portuguese, spanish, and italian.

Francisca is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1928 with 0.017% of baby girls being named Francisca. It was #489 in rank then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is today of infrequent use. Among the family of girl names directly related to Francisca, Frances was the most regularly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Francisca include Farana, Farena, Farina, Farinna, Fermeana, Fermeena, Fermina, Ferminah, Fermyna, Fiorenze, Firenza, Firmeana, Firmeena, Firminah, Firmyna, Forenza, Francesca, Franchesca, Francheska, and Franciska.

† Pronunciation for Francisca: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"