Frances
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Latin Francisca 'Frankish, Frenchwoman'.
The name of a 15th C Italian saint.
Fem. of Francis, the name of an important saint. Italian Franzia developed from the German and Dutch masculine form Frans.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1554 Francisca (nom) StMartF p. 58;
1559 Francisca (nom) ibid. p. 59;
1568 ffrances (nom) Chst-1 p. 11
- Early Modern English
- ● 1538 Francis StAnthonlin p. 1;
1550 Frances ExMar 2a;
1558 ffraunces StMaryA p. 3;
1565 Frances StAnthonlin p. 17;
1566 Frances ibid. p. 18;
1568 Frances Bar-in-El p. 12;
1570 Frawncys BUmar-vol1 p. 25;
1572 Francis SaxhamSf p. 2;
1574 Frances Bar-in-El p. 23;
1582 Frances DEmar-vol2 p. 7,
Francis BUmar-vol9 p. 7;
1583 Frances StAnthonlin p. 30,
Francis ibid. p. 30,
Frauncys BUmar-vol1 p. 26;
1587 Frances bruton-vol1 p. 47;
1588 Frances StAnthonlin p. 33,
Francis CAmar-vol1 p. 4,
StAnthonlin p. 33;
1589 Frances BEmar-vol2 p. 130,
bruton-vol1 p. 48,
Francis StAnthonlin p. 33,
Frawncys BUmar-vol1 p. 26;
1590 Frances BUmar-vol2 p. 65,
Francis CAmar-vol1 p. 4,
StAnthonlin p. 34;
1592 Frances BUmar-vol2 p. 65,
bruton-vol1 p. 52;
1593 Frances ibid. p. 53,
Franncis BEmar-vol1 p. 16,
Frawncys BUmar-vol1 p. 27;
1594 Frances BUmar-vol9 p. 8,
bruton-vol1 p. 10;
1595 Frances DEmar-vol2 p. 31,
Francis CAmar-vol1 p. 5;
1595/6 Fraunces HAmar-vol9 p. 51;
1596 Frances BUmar-vol9 p. 9;
1597 Frances DEmar-vol2 p. 37;
1598 Frances ibid. p. 39;
1599 Frances BUmar-vol2 p. 142,
Francis SaxhamSf p. 5,
Frauncis BUmar-vol2 p. 118
- France
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- Middle French
- ● 1562 Françoise RegPCC-1 p. 8;
1563 Françoise ibid. p. 28,
Françoyse ibid. p. 28;
1564 Françoise ibid. p. 51,
Françoyse ibid. p. 50;
1565 Françoise ibid. p. 116,
Françoyse ibid. p. 110;
1566 Françoise ibid. p. 211,
Françoyse ibid. p. 204
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1310 Franzia (nom) MonRav-2 CCCL;
1348 Francisca (nom) INP 22,
Francisce (gen) ibid. 25;
1522x1532 Francesca (nom) DSF p. 56, 13
- ◑ 1265x1339 Franzina (nom) BBC-Berg 92;
1348 Cecchola (abl) INP 24;
1522x1532 Cecha (nom) DSF p. 53, 43
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1487 Franciscam (acc) carbonell p. 12
- ◑ 1487 Francina (nom) carbonell p. 11,
Francoya (nom) ibid. p. 12;
1488 Francina (nom) ibid. p. 16,
Francinae (gen) ibid. p. 17;
1489 Francina (nom) ibid. p. 34;
1490 Francina (nom) ibid. p. 42;
1491 Francina (nom) ibid. p. 55,
Francinæ (gen) ibid. p. 57,
Francoya (nom) ibid. p. 60;
1492 Francina (nom) ibid. p. 66
- Catalan
- ● 1510 Francesca valencia1510 3808
- ◑ 1510 Francina valencia1510 3177
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 14thCx1478 Francesia (nom) Ob-SPVn (47)
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Frances". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Frances.