Franc

Where Franc comes from

Franc hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1934
    Franc Rode born
    Catholic cardinal
  2. 1936
    Franc Kramberger born
    archbishop
  3. 2001
    First appearance
    #10,556 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2001
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2002
    Peak, #9,392
    6 babies named Franc — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Franc Rode · Catholic cardinal, 1934–2017
  • Franc Kramberger · archbishop, born 1936
  • Franc Rozman · Slovenian partisan commander, 1912–1944
  • Franc Roddam · English film director, born 1946
  • Franc Perko · Slovene theologian and catholic priest, 1929–2008

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.