Francine

Where Francine comes from

Borrowed from French Francine.
— Wiktionary's entry for Francine
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,431 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Peak, #216
    1,083 babies named Francine — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #415.
  4. 1977
    Francine Jordi born
    Swiss singer and composer
  5. 1993
    Francine Niyonsaba born
    Burundian distance runner
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Francine Niyonsaba · Burundian distance runner, born 1993
  • Francine Jordi · Swiss singer and composer, born 1977
  • Francine York · American actress, showgirl, 1936–2017
  • Francine Prose · American writer, born 1947
  • Francine Houben · Dutch architect, born 1955

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.