Meaning of the nameFranclin

Male
English origin
Fran-clin

Franclin is a spelling of the name Franklin, which means “free landowner, not noble; 'free man'”.

Meaning

“free landowner, not noble; 'free man'”

Meaning of the name Franklin, of which Franclin is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Franklin · Wiktionary: franklin · Behind the Name: Franklin

People (2022): 616
Rank in Brazil: #11,592
Median age: 32.5 years
2010 Census: 1,044; people

Franclin in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Franclin, 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 (186 people).

0 women 612 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 Franclin is most common

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

Bahia 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	157	0.001%
São Paulo	85	0.000%
Minas Gerais	33	0.000%
Rio de Janeiro	27	0.000%
Goiás	24	0.000%
Amazonas	24	0.001%
Paraná	22	0.000%
Maranhão	21	0.000%
Santa Catarina	21	0.000%
Pará	20	0.000%
Pernambuco	20	0.000%
Rio Grande do Sul	20	0.000%
Sergipe	20	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	19	0.001%

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

The spelling Franclin

Spelling with c in place of k, much less frequent than Franklin and almost always male.

About the name Franklin

According to Wiktionary, Franklin went from surname to first name, and the surname comes from Middle English frankelein, 'free landowner', linked to Anglo-Norman fraunclein, the owner of land who was freeborn but not noble. Behind the Name translates the Middle English term as 'free man' and records the use of the name in Brazilian Portuguese. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,334 people named Franklin, with a median age of 34; proportionally, the name is most common in Roraima. It is almost always male, and Franclin, with c in place of k, is the other spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Franklin

Spelling	People (2022)
Franklin	16,334
Franclin	616

Sources

Wiktionary: Franklin · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: franklin · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Franklin · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Franclin

What does the name Franclin mean?

Franclin means “free landowner, not noble; 'free man'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Franklin, of which Franclin is a spelling.

How many people are named Franclin in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 616 people with the first name Franclin, which ranks it number 11,592 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Franclin is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 612 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Franclin?

Franclin is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Franclin most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Franclin (157 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Franclin?

Franklin. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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