Francis vs Frank

Francis

name
  • A male given name from Latin 

  • A surname originating as a patronymic. 

  • A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127) in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada. 

  • A town in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. 

  • A town in Summit County, Utah, United States. 

  • A town in Saskatchewan within the rural municipality. 

  • A female given name from Latin, Alternative spelling of Frances. 

  • A ghost town in Wheeler County, Nebraska, United States. 

  • A township in Holt County, Nebraska. 

Frank

name
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages. 

  • A diminutive of the male given name Francis 

  • A surname transferred from the nickname. 

noun
  • One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany. 

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