Frans

Borrowed from Dutch Frans.

Frans (plural Franses)

1. A surname from Dutch.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Frans is the 37848^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 587 individuals. Frans is most common among White (86.71%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frans”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 599.

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Frans (attributive Franse, not comparable)

1. French (of, from, or pertaining to France, the French people or the French language)

Frans

1. French (the language spoken by the French people)

• Frands
• Frants

From German Franz.

Frans

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

• IPA^(key): /frɑns/

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• Hyphenation: Frans
• Rhymes: -ɑns

From Middle Dutch fransch, from fransoys, from Old French françois, from Medieval Latin franciscus, from Late Latin Francus.

Frans (not comparable)

1. French

• Fransch (obsolete)

• → Kwinti: frans
• → Sranan Tongo: Frans
  • → Caribbean Javanese: Peras

Frans n

1. French (language)

• Fransch (obsolete)

From French François and Latin Franciscus.

Frans m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

• Javindo: Pang

Ultimately, from Latin Franciscus.

Frans m

1. a male given name

• son of Frans: Fransson
• daughter of Frans: Fransdóttir

From Swedish Frans < Franciscus (“French”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɑns/, [ˈfrɑ̝ns̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑns
• Syllabification^(key): Frans

Frans

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

• (religion) Franciscus
• (nickname) Ransu
• (surnames) Franssila, Frantsi, Rantsi, Ranttila
• (place name) Rantsila

• Frans is the 256^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,857 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,248 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

From French France.

• IPA^(key): /fɣãs/

Frans

1. France (a country in Western Europe)

Frans m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

From German Franz.

Frans

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

From German Franz.

Frans c (genitive Frans)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis