Frank
Origin of the name Frank:
From the Old French Franc and the Germanic Frank, names referring to a member of the Germanic tribes that established the Frankish Empire, extending over what is now France, Germany, and Italy. The tribe is thought to have obtained their name from a type of spear of javelin (franco). Alternatively, Frank is used as a short form of Francis (a Frenchman, a freeman) and Franklin (a freeman).
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Old French "free man"
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L(yman) Frank Baum, American author (Wizard of Oz)
Frank Capra, American director (It's a Wonderful Life)
Frank Gehry, American architect
Frank (Francis) Gifford, American football player and sportscaster
Frank (Alexander Franklin) James, American outlaw and older brother of the legendary Jesse James
Frank Minnis Johnson, Jr, American judge whose rulings helped end segregation in the 1960s South
Frank Loesser, American composer and lyricist (Broadway play Guys and Dolls)
Frank (Francis) McCourt, Irish-American memoirist (Angela's Ashes)
Frank O'Hara, American poet (Why I Am Not a Painter)
Frank (Francis Albert) Sinatra, American singer and actor
Frank Lloyd Wright, groundbreaking American architect
Frank Zappa, American experimental musician- Frank in song, story & screen: | Edit
Dr. Frank N. Furter, of the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Frankenstein monster
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Global Popularity of the Name Frank
- #278 in United States
- #365 in Scotland
- #414 in Norway
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