Fran

Where Fran comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Fran.

Fran through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,634 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Fran Drescher born
    American actress
  3. 1960
    Peak, #592
    280 babies named Fran, the most in any year.
  4. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #915.
  5. 1990
    Fran Mérida born
    Spanish association football player
  6. 2016
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Fran Drescher · American actress, born 1957
  • Fran Mérida · Spanish association football player, born 1990
  • Fran García · Spanish association football player, born 1999
  • Fran Kirby · English association football player, born 1993
  • Fran Beltrán · Spanish association football player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.