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Meaning & Origins
Feminine form of Francis. In the 16th century the two spellings were used indiscriminately for both sexes, the distinction in spelling not being established until the 17th century.
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Scottish and northern Irish: from Anglo-Norman French waleis ‘Welsh’ (from a Germanic cognate of Old English wealh ‘foreign’), hence an ethnic name for a Welsh speaker. In some cases this clearly denoted an incomer to Scotland from Wales or the Welsh Marches, but it may also have denoted a Welsh-speaking Scot: in western Scotland around Glasgow, the Welsh-speaking Strathclyde Britons survived well into the Middle Ages.
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Nicknames & variations
Francesca, Francisca, Francoise, Francine, Francis, Franchesca, Francisco, Francheska, France, Francie
Wells, Willis, Wall, Walls, Waller, Wills, Wallis, Walling, Wallen, Wallin
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