France is both a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

and a

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, ...

or Slovene

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. In France, it may derive from an ethnic name for an inhabitant of the country; a variant is ''Lafrance''. In the Czech Republic, the surname may relate to the word ''Franc''. In Slovenia, ''France'' may derive from the

personal name A personal name, or full name, in onomastic terminology also known as prosoponym (from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον / ''prósōpon'' - person, and ὄνομα / ''onoma'' - name), is the set of names by which an individual person is known ...

"France", a

vernacular A vernacular or vernacular language is in contrast with a "standard language". It refers to the language or dialect that is spoken by people that are inhabiting a particular country or region. The vernacular is typically the native language, n ...

form of "Francišek",

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

''Franciscus'' ("Francis"). It may also be an

Americanized Americanization or Americanisation (see spelling differences) is the influence of American culture and business on other countries outside the United States of America, including their media, cuisine, business practices, popular culture, tech ...

spelling of the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

surname "

Franz Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see ...

"..

Male name

In Slovenia, France is a male name, a variant of the name

Franciscus Franciscus is a Latin given name, originally an epithet meaning "the Franks, Frank, the Frenchman". It was applied to Saint Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226). Francis had been baptized Giovanni (John); his father was Duchy of Spoleto, Italia ...

. * France Adamič (1911–2014), Slovene agronomist * France Ahčin (1919–1989), Slovene sculptor *

France Ačko France Ačko (July 23, 1904 in Maribor – December 30, 1974 in Ljubljana) was a Slovenian musician, organist and composer of sacred music. He studied music with Srečko Koporc and in Rome at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music. His most imp ...

(1904–1974), Slovene musician, organist and composer *

France Balantič France Balantič (29 November 1921 – 24 November 1943) was a Slovenian language, Slovene poet. His works were banned from schools and libraries during the Titoist regime in Slovenia, but since the late 1980s he has been re-evaluated as one of th ...

(1921–1943), Slovene poet *

France Bevk France Bevk () (17 September 1890 – 17 September 1970) was a Slovene writer, poet and translator. He also wrote under the pseudonym Pavle Sedmak. Biography Bevk was born in the mountain village of Zakojca (Coizza during Italian rule, now p ...

(1890–1970), Slovene writer, poet and translator *

France Bučar France Bučar (2 February 1923 – 21 October 2015) was a Slovenian politician, legal expert and author. Between 1990 and 1992, he served as the first speaker of the freely elected Slovenian Parliament. He was the one to formally declare the inde ...

(1923–2015), Slovene politician, legal expert and author *

France Cukjati France Cukjati (born February 15, 1943) is a Slovenian politician, physician, theologian and a former Jesuit. Till 21 December 2011, he served as deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia. He was born in the village of Šentgotard nea ...

(born 1943), Slovene politician, physician and theologist *

France Dejak France Dejak (20 September 1925, Dolenje Laze near Ribnica, Slovenia - September 2003, Cleveland, United States) was a survivor of the Kočevski Rog killings of members of the Slovene Home Guard, repatriated by the British 5th Corps in Carinthia ...

(1925–2003), Slovene soldier and Kočevski Rog massacre survivor *

France Laux J. Francis "France" Laux Jr. (December 3, 1897 – November 16, 1978) was an American sportscaster, notable as the first full-time radio voice of Major League Baseball in St. Louis. Biography Early life Laux was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, ...

(1897–1978), American sports announcer *

France Prešeren France Prešeren () (2 or 3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849) was a 19th-century Romantic Slovene poet whose poems have been translated into many languages.

(1800–1849), Slovene romantic poet *

France Rode France Rode (November 20, 1934 – June 7, 2017) was a Slovenian engineer and inventor best known for his work on the HP-35 pocket calculator.HP-35 He was one of the four lead engineers at Hewlett-Packard assigned to this project. Rode also inve ...

(1934–2017), Slovenian engineer and inventor *

France Staub France Staub (September 29, 1920 – July 2, 2005) was a Mauritian ornithologist, herpetologist, botanist, and conservationist. Biography Staub was a descendant of French botanist Jacques Delisse (1773−1856). He obtained the diploma at the Ma ...

(1920–2005), Mauritian ornithologist, herpetologist and botanist *

France Štiglic France Štiglic ( 12 November 1919 – 4 May 1993) was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. His 1948 film '' On Our Own Land'' was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. His film ''The Ninth Circle'' (1960) was Yugoslavia's s ...

(1919–1993), Slovene film director and screenwriter *

France Vodnik France Vodnik (1903–1986) was a Slovenian literary critic, essayist, translator and poet from Ljubljana. He was mostly active in the interwar period, when Slovenia was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was the younger brother of the poet and ...

(1903–1986), Slovene writer and poet

Female name

-speaking countries, France may be a woman's first name. *

France A. Córdova France Anne-Dominic Córdova (born August 5, 1947) is an American astrophysicist and administrator who was the fourteenth director of the National Science Foundation. Previously, she was the eleventh President of Purdue University from 2007 to ...

(born 1947), American astrophysicist and administrator *

France D'Amour France D'Amour (born France Rochon on March 30, 1967, in Mont-Rolland, Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, Canada) is a French Canadian singer songwriter from Quebec. She studied music at Collège Lionel-Groulx in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec specialising in ja ...

(born 1967), French-Canadian singer and songwriter *

France Gall Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French ''yé-yé'' singer. In 1965, aged 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg. Between 1973 and 1992, s ...

(1947–2018), French pop singer *

France Gélinas France Gélinas is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2007. She represents the riding of Nickel Belt. Background Gélinas was born and raised in Shawinigan ...

, Canadian politician *

France Joli France Joli () (born February 2, 1963) is a Canadian singer, best known for the disco classics " Come to Me" and "Gonna Get Over You". Teen stardom Born France Joly in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Joli grew up in Dorion. Her father was a hardwar ...

(born 1963), Canadian singer and songwriter *

France Nuyen France Nuyen (born France Nguyễn Vân Nga on 31 July 1939) is a French actress, model, and psychological counsellor. Early life Nguyen was born in Marseille. Her mother was French, and her father was widely reported to be Vietnamese, althoug ...

(born 1939), French-Vietnamese actress now psychological counselor

Surname

* Alfred E. France (1927–2015), American politician *

Anatole France (; born , ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie França ...

, nom de plume of French writer François-Anatole Thibault (1844–1924) *

Cécile de France Cécile de France (; born 17 July 1975) is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as ''L'Art (délicat) de la séduction'' (2001) and ''Irène'' (2002), she gained international attention for her lead roles in ''Hi ...

(born 1975), Belgian actress *

C. V. France Charles Vernon France (30 June 1868 – 13 April 1949) was a British actor, usually credited as C. V. France. Stage career France appeared (along with Ralph Richardson) in William Somerset Maugham's 1932 play ''For Services Rendered: A Play ...

(1868–1949), English actor * Eurilda Loomis France (1865–1931), American painter *

Ellen France Dame Ellen Dolour France (née Larkin; born 1956) is a New Zealand jurist. She is currently a justice of the Supreme Court, and was previously the president of the Court of Appeal. Biography Ellen Dolour Larkin was born to parents who were b ...

(born 1956), New Zealand judge *

Kai Kara-France James Kaiwhare Kara-France (born March 26, 1993) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of August 1, 2022, he is #3 in the UFC flyweight ...

(born 1993), New Zealand mixed martial artist *

Michael France Michael France (January 4, 1962 April 12, 2013) was an American screenwriter. He is best remembered for writing the screenplays for ''Cliffhanger'' (1993), the James Bond film ''GoldenEye'' (1995), and the comic book films '' Hulk'' (2003), ''T ...

(1962–2013), American screenwriter *

Pierre Mendès France Pierre Isaac Isidore Mendès France (; 11 January 190718 October 1982) was a French politician who served as prime minister of France for eight months from 1954 to 1955. As a member of the Radical Party, he headed a government supported by a co ...

(1907–1982), French prime minister *

Raoul Heinrich Francé Raoul Heinrich Francé (born May 20, 1874 in Vienna, Austria; died October 3, 1943 in Budapest, Hungary) was an Austro-Hungarian botanist, microbiologist as well as a natural and cultural philosopher and popularizer of science. His botanical auth ...

(1874-1943), Austro-Hungarian botanist, microbiologist and philosopher *

R. T. France Richard Thomas France (1938–2012), known as R. T. France or Dick France, was a New Testament scholar and Anglican cleric. He was Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, from 1989 to 1995. He also worked for the London School of Theology. ...

, (1938–2012), New Testament scholar and Anglican cleric *

Ryan France Ryan France (born 13 December 1980 in Sheffield, England) is an English former professional footballer who last played for Sheffield United having spent the majority of his career at Alfreton Town and Hull City. His preferred position was as a r ...

(born 1980), English footballer * Shirley May France (1932–2012), American swimmer *

Ty France Tyler Lawrence France (born July 13, 1994) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the San Diego Padres. Amateur career France attended South Hills Hig ...

(born 1994), American baseball infielder * J.P. France (born 1995), American baseball pitcher

Related surnames

* Lafrance (name)

References

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