Francisca

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Francisca is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.2M records spelled Francisca20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Netherlands, United States, Venezuela

  Languages: English, Western Frisian, Dutch

  Also written Françisca, Frànçisca, Franciscå, Fräncïsca, Franciscà

• Catalan given name204K records spelled Francisca9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Francina, Françisca, Francîsca, Fràncisca, Frãncìscå

• a separate given name27K records spelled Francisca2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Bolivia, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Franciscà

• Lao given name4.1K records spelled Francisca2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Chile, United States, Spain

  Also written F'Rancisca

73 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Francisca is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Francisca (m.fl. former) är femininformer till latinets Franciscus (→ Frans; jfr även → Francis). I den rikssvenska almanackan 9 februari och i den finlandssvenska 4 okto ber.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, weibl. Vom., Schreibvariante von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Libre

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 144 years between 1882–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Luisa de Guzmánb. 1613ESnot in their usual nameDuchess of Braganza; Queen consort of Portugal (1613-1666)
• Franciszka Corvin-Krasińskab. 1742PLnot in their usual namePolish noble (1742-1796)
• Fernán Caballerob. 1796ESnot in their usual nameSpanish women novelist (1796-1877)
• Maria II of Portugalb. 1819BRnot in their usual nameQueen of Portugal (r. 1826–1828; 1834–1853)
• Princess Francisca of Brazilb. 1824BRPrincess of Brazil (1824-1898)
• Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holsteinb. 1872GBnot in their usual nameBritish princess (1872–1956)
• Paquita Ricob. 1929ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actress (1929-2017)
• Princess Margriet of the Netherlandsb. 1943NLnot in their usual nameDutch princess; third daughter of Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard (born 1943)
• Cobie Smuldersb. 1982CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actress (born 1982)
• Yuridiab. 1985MXnot in their usual nameMexican singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 959 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Francisca?

We estimate roughly 905 thousand people bear Francisca (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Francisca have the most bearers?

We estimate about 666 thousand people bear Francisca in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled francisca.

How common is Francisca compared with other names?

In Brazil, Francisca is the 20th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Francisca a male or female name?

Francisca is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Francisca mean?

Recorded meaning: A throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks.