Francesca is a girl's name of French origin meaning “the Frenchman.” In 2024 it was given to 975 girls in the United States.
Francesca at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
French · Italian
Meaning
“the Frenchman”
Pronunciation
/fɹænˈsɛskə/
About the name Francesca
Francesca belongs to the French and Italian tradition. Its meaning — “the Frenchman” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Francesca first appears in Social Security records in 1895. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #314 in 2024, and in 2024 975 babies received the name — 34,337 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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