Meaning of the nameFrancine

Francine is a feminine name of French origin, a diminutive of Françoise, which goes back to Late Latin Franciscus, 'Frenchman'.

Meaning

“diminutive of Françoise, feminine of François, from Late Latin Franciscus, 'Frenchman'”

Source: Behind the Name: Francine · Behind the Name: Françoise · Behind the Name: François · Behind the Name: Francis

People (2022): 23,232
Rank in Brazil: #965
Median age: 31 years
2010 Census: 24,158; people

Francine in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Francine, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (7,530 people).

22,742 women 490 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Francine is most common

States with the highest share of people named Francine in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	7,172	0.016%
Rio Grande do Sul	4,317	0.040%
Santa Catarina	2,597	0.034%
Rio de Janeiro	1,893	0.012%
Minas Gerais	1,551	0.008%
Paraná	1,501	0.013%
Bahia	1,147	0.008%
Ceará	384	0.004%
Espírito Santo	338	0.009%
Amazonas	295	0.008%
Pernambuco	267	0.003%
Alagoas	259	0.008%
Pará	204	0.003%
Goiás	203	0.003%
Maranhão	190	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	174	0.006%
Mato Grosso	145	0.004%
Distrito Federal	112	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	91	0.003%
Paraíba	90	0.002%
Piauí	79	0.002%
Sergipe	79	0.004%
Rondônia	42	0.003%
Tocantins	33	0.002%
Acre	33	0.004%
Amapá	19	0.003%
Roraima	17	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Francine

Behind the Name describes Francine as a diminutive of Françoise, which is the feminine of François, the French form of Franciscus; Franciscus, a Late Latin name, meant 'Frenchman'. The meaning given here is that of the base name. Wiktionary explains the French Francine as Franc + -ine, now associated with France and Françoise, and the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Francine among the names with -ine, a diminutive suffix from French. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 23,232 people named Francine, with a median age of 31; the name is almost always female, most were born in the 1980s and 1990s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Behind the Name: Francine · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Françoise · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: François · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Francis · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Francine · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ine) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Francine

What does the name Francine mean?

Francine means “diminutive of Françoise, feminine of François, from Late Latin Franciscus, 'Frenchman'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Francine in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 23,232 people with the first name Francine, which ranks it number 965 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Francine a boy's or a girl's name?

Francine is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 22,742 women and 490 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Francine?

Francine is a name of French and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Francine most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.040% of the state's population is named Francine (4,317 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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