Names

Derived from Middle English frankelin meaning “freeman”. It denoted a landowner of free but not noble birth, from Old French franc meaning “free”.

Variant of Frank 3.

From any of the various minor places by this name in Germany, meaning “stone of the Franks” in German. It was used by the author Mary Shelley in her novel Frankenstein (1818) for the character of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a monster and brings it to life. The monster, nameless in the novel, is sometimes informally or erroneously called Frankenstein in modern speech.

Name for a person from Franconia in Germany, so called because it was settled by the Frankish people.

From Old English franc meaning “free”.

Derived from the given name Frank.

Means “son of Franjo”.

Variant of Franjić.

Derived from the given name François.

Cognate of Frank 1.