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Francine

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Pronunciation
  
fran-SEEN

Word/name
  
French

Gender
  
Female

Region of origin
  
France

Francine is a female given name. The name is of French origin. The name Francine was most popular in France itself during the 1940s (Besnard & Desplanques 2003), and was well used in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s (Evans 2006). Short forms are Frannie, Frans and Fran.

Contents

(Also another form Francini)

Translations

  • German: Franziska
  • Italian: Francesca
  • Dutch : Francien
  • Norwegian: Frances
  • Polish: Franciszka
  • Catalan: Francina
  • Portuguese: Francesa
  • Spanish: Francisca
  • Zulu: Rancina
  • Slovak: Frantiska
  • Afrikaans: Francine

    • Persons

  • Francine (band), indie rock band from Boston
  • Francine Bergé (born 1938), French film and stage actress
  • Francine Descartes (1635-1640), René Descartes' daughter
  • Francine Fournier (born 1972), professional wrestler
  • Francine Jordi (born 1977), Swiss pop singer
  • Francine Lalonde (born 1940), Canadian Quebec provincial politician
  • Francine Misasi (1944–2001), Clerk of the New York State Assembly 1985–2000
  • Francine Mussey (1897-1933), French actress
  • Francine Pascal (born 1938), American author
  • Francine Pelletier (writer) (born 1959), Canadian science fiction author
  • Francine Pelletier (journalist) (born c. 1955), Canadian television and print journalist
  • Francine Prieto (born 1982), Filipino-Norwegian beauty queen, fashion model, product endorser, singer, actress and child star
  • Francine Prose (born 1947), American writer
  • Francine Reed (born 1947), American blues singer
  • Francine Rivers (born 1947), American author of fiction with Christian themes
  • Francine Stock (born 1958), British radio and TV presenter and novelist
  • Francine Villeneuve (born 1964), Canadian thoroughbred jockey and racing pioneer
  • Francine Weisweiller née Worms (1916–2003), French socialite and patron of Yves Saint Laurent and Jean Cocteau
  • Francine York (1936-2017), American movie and television actress

    • Fictional characters

  • Francine Frensky, fictional character on the children's book and animated television series Arthur
  • Francine Smith, fictional character on the animated television series American Dad!
  • Francine "Frankie" Osborne, character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Francine Nebulon, a character on the TV series Lloyd in Space
  • Francine Devocheri, from the webcomic Station

    • References

    Francine Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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