Francesca

Meaning: The Frenchwoman
Origin: Italian (from Latin)

Nicknames: Frankie

Girl's name · #307 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Francesca is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1895, it stood at #307 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 35,000 girls have been named Francesca along the way.

Across the states

In recent years, Francesca ran about twice its national rate across the Northeast.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Francesca ranks in other countries and regions.

#108 in England & Wales (2025) · #194 in Scotland (2025) · #215 in N. Ireland (2025) · #222 in New Zealand (2025) · #458 in Ireland (2025) · #490 in Ecuador (2025) · #531 in Poland (2025) · #744 in Switzerland (2025) · #784 in Austria (2025) · #1,017 in France (2025) · #1,200 in Sweden (2025) · #471 in Canada (2024).

Famous Francescas

Francesca Schiavone — Italian tennis player
Francesca Albanese — Italian lawyer and academic (born 1977), independent United Nations human rights expert
Francesca Michielin — Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (born 1995)
Francesca Caccini — Italian composer
Francesca da Rimini — Italian noble woman

In stories & tradition

Francesca Findabair^pl — The Witcher (book series)
Francesca Colby^nl — The Colbys (TV series)
Francesca Lucchini — Strike Witches (anime series)

What Francescas become

Among 1,432 notable people named Francesca:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.76× more often than among typical names — e.g. Francesca Gargallo, Italian-Mexican feminist writer and historian of ideas (1956–2022).

Spellings & nicknames

About 540 girls a year are given Frankie as their full name.

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