Franz - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Franz \f-ra-nz\ is a variant of Francis (Latin) and Frank, and the meaning of Franz is "frenchman; free man".

The baby name Franz sounds like Frans, Franzin, Franzen and Franzel. Other similar baby names are Frantz, Frann, Fran and Franc.

Franz is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#3437 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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