Francesco
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning free man; italian form of Francis.
Francesco by the numbers
In 2025, 36 babies in England and Wales were named Francesco. In the US, 120 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 165 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Francis
Like Francesco, each of these traces back to Francis: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Francescafrom France; Italian feminine form of Francis434 in England and Wales (2025)
- Francesfrom France; feminine form of Francis728 in the US (2017)
- Francisfree man; from the Franks262 in England and Wales (2025)
- Frankyfree man; a form of Frank or Francis21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Franciscafree; of the Franks; feminine form of Francis40 in the US (2017)
- Franzfree man; a form of Francis3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Frantzfree one; a form of Francis11 in the US (2017)
- Frannyfree; a diminutive of Frances or Francis8 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Francesco. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean freedom
Like Francesco, each of these has freedom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Francesco
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