Franco
Meaning
Italian form of Frank (the Frankish tribe name); also a short form of Francesco ("Frenchman", see Francis)
Franco around the world
One shared root links 8 names across 4 languages.
Shared root: from Late Latin Franciscus "the Frank, the Frenchman", fixed forever by the saint of Assisi
The constellation
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Franco peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
4,891 people · the #2,775 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 41,667 · median age 38
Among people named Franco living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 80 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Franco deep dive
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