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Franz Franz is a male first name, occurs as surname .

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origin and meaning of the name

short form of Franziskus (lat. for the Franke), or the Italian Francesco (Französlein)

variants

  • womanlike: Franzine, Franziska, Franzisca, Franceska, Franzi
  • male:Francisco, Francis, Franciskus, Franek, François, Franziskus, Franz, franc, Ferenc
  • surname: Franz, Frantz

name day

other well-known name carriers: First name

other well-known name carriers: Surname

other meanings

Franz arose in Germany during the First World War than pointed name for the observers and navigators in the airplane. Still this very day is „verfranzen itself “a common rewriting for orientation loses; i.e.if Franz had itself with the map vertan, then Emil (pilot) had verfranzt itself „“.

The designation “Franzmann “or “frenchie” - (i.d.R. despektierlich) for “Frenchman” uses - a term is in the soldier language is likewise used. Here actsit itself simply around a Verkürzung and a Unformung of the dreisilbigen term „Frenchman “into probably the zweisilbigen „Franz manmore concise for rough German-language (infantry -) throats.

forms in other languages

  • Ferenc (Hungarian)
  • Francesco (Italian)
  • Francisco (Paco) (Spanish, Portuguese)
  • Francis (English)
  • Franciszek (Polish)
  • Frančišek (short: To franc) (Slovenian)
  • František (Czech)
  • fray (Netherlands)

see also

 

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