Francois - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Francois \f-ran-cois, fr(a)-ncois\ is a variant of Francis (Latin), and the meaning of Francois is "frenchman; free man".

The baby name Francois sounds like Franco, Franchot, Franko, Frankie, Franche, Francke, Franck, Franc, Franklin and Francklin. Other similar baby names are Frants and Frans.

Francois is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#3296 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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