Francis Variations & Nicknames

Honor Francis with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.

Save nameName & connection
History
1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled
Babies 2025 · rank5-year rank movementPeak year

An English form or familiar short form of Francis.

584#514
Down 86 rank positions in five years
1918

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Francis family.

960#318
Up 100 rank positions in five years
1918

An English form or familiar short form of Francis.

769#420
Up 62 rank positions in five years
1918

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

1,069#322
Down 26 rank positions in five years
1993

An English form or familiar short form of Francis.

256#922
Up 51 rank positions in five years
1959

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Francis family.

108#1,850
Up 817 rank positions in five years
1951

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Francis family.

984#307
Up 148 rank positions in five years
2025

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Francis family.

56#2,969
Up 447 rank positions in five years
1928

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

348#747
Up 198 rank positions in five years
2016

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

145#1,329
Up 9 rank positions in five years
2006

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Francis family.

22#5,607
Up 111 rank positions in five years
1992

An English form or familiar short form of Francis.

37#3,206
Down 52 rank positions in five years
2007

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

17#5,457
Up 612 rank positions in five years
1963

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

18#5,274
Up 794 rank positions in five years
1992

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Francis family.

—Unranked
—
1950

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

—Unranked
—
1977

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Francis family.

—Unranked
—
1967

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

5#12,640
Down 3,653 rank positions in five years
2016

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

—Unranked
—
2007

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

—Unranked
—
1927

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

—Unranked
—
1934

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Francis family.

—Unranked
—
1970

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

—Unranked
—
2002

An international form or familiar short form of Francis.

—Unranked
—
1993

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Sources & methodology

Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.

Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.

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