as a First Name
(Italian) Originally a vocabulary word meaning ‘French’ or ‘Frenchman’, from Late Latin Franciscus. Its popularity as a given name has been much influenced by St Francis of Assisi. See Francis.
| 2,494th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,379
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Francesco per capita
- 2002
- marked the height of its popularity
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26%
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42%
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