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Francesca
Pronounced /fɹænˈsɛskə/
Rank in 2024
#314
Born in 2024
975
Peak year
2024 · #314
Origin
Italian
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 975 girls were named Francesca, about 1 in every 1,655.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1895.
- 34,337 girls have been named Francesca since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Francesca per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 357 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 239 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,837 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,218 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,472 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Gen Z: 11,133 babies, 0.38 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,068 babies, 0.45 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Italian Francesca (“Frances”), the feminine form of Francesco (“Francis”), from Late Latin Franciscus, from Francia (“France”) + -iscus (“-ish”). Doublet of Frances and Francisca.
- A female given name from Italian, equivalent to English Frances.
- Origin
- Italian
- Say it
- /fɹænˈsɛskə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Francesca, CC BY-SA 4.0.