The first name Frank

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About the first name Frank

Meaning

The name Frank originally denoted a member of the Frankish people and was later associated with the idea of a free man.

Historical origin

The name Frank comes from the Germanic name of the Franks and developed as an independent name in Germanic languages.

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In Quebec, Frank appears notably in Anglophone, Irish, and Scottish families and in communities where several language traditions met.

Pronunciation:frangkfɹæŋk

Frequency of the first name Frank by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Frank by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name FrankLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Frank in baptisms by year.201510501815185118871923195919951815–1819 1 baptisms1820–1824 1 baptisms1845–1849 1 baptisms1850–1854 2 baptisms1860–1864 2 baptisms1865–1869 5 baptisms1870–1874 5 baptisms1875–1879 6 baptisms1880–1884 5 baptisms1885–1889 1 baptisms1890–1894 4 baptisms1895–1899 9 baptisms1900–1904 7 baptisms1905–1909 11 baptisms1910–1914 11 baptisms1915–1919 4 baptisms1920–1924 3 baptisms1925–1929 4 baptisms1930–1934 4 baptisms1935–1939 3 baptisms1945–1949 2 baptisms1950–1954 2 baptisms1955–1959 2 baptisms1960–1964 3 baptisms1965–1969 1 baptisms1970–1974 1 baptisms1975–1979 1 baptisms1995–1999 1 baptisms

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