Meaning of the nameFranklin

Male
English origin
Fran-klin

Franklin is a masculine name of English origin, taken from a surname that comes from Middle English frankelein, a free landowner.

Meaning

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

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

People (2022): 16,334
Rank in Brazil: #1,214
Median age: 34 years
2010 Census: 16,230; people

Franklin in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Franklin, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (4,410 people).

75 women 16,259 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 Franklin is most common

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

Roraima 0.033%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.031%
Sergipe 0.019%
Amazonas 0.016%
Paraíba 0.015%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,712	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	1,662	0.010%
Minas Gerais	1,548	0.008%
Bahia	1,522	0.011%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,017	0.031%
Ceará	627	0.007%
Amazonas	627	0.016%
Paraíba	594	0.015%
Pernambuco	562	0.006%
Maranhão	561	0.008%
Paraná	478	0.004%
Goiás	460	0.007%
Santa Catarina	456	0.006%
Sergipe	427	0.019%
Pará	426	0.005%
Alagoas	416	0.013%
Rio Grande do Sul	413	0.004%
Piauí	368	0.011%
Espírito Santo	318	0.008%
Distrito Federal	313	0.011%
Roraima	208	0.033%
Mato Grosso	171	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	133	0.005%
Rondônia	121	0.008%
Tocantins	84	0.006%
Acre	56	0.007%
Amapá	54	0.007%

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

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.

This is the most common spelling in the group, with K, as in English.

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 Franklin

What does the name Franklin mean?

Franklin means “free landowner, not noble; 'free man'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Franklin in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,334 people with the first name Franklin, which ranks it number 1,214 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Franklin is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 75 women and 16,259 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Franklin?

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

In which Brazilian state is Franklin most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.033% of the state's population is named Franklin (208 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Franklin?

Franclin. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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