Francoise

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Francois in FR France, US United States, CA Canada and 9 more, François in ES Spain, CH Switzerland, CM Cameroon and 2 more and Франсуаза in RU Russia.

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 19 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◐

Francoise is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name47K records spelled Francoise14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Australia

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Françoise, Franĉoise, Franc̜oise, Franc̦oise

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name3.1K records spelled Francoise2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Françoise

• a separate given name3.0K records spelled Francoise5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Morocco, Belgium, Switzerland

  Also written Françoise, Franc̦oise, Franc̜oise, Franĉoise

56 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●

Francoise is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Feminine of François, from Latin Franciscus ‘Frankish’.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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) — 68 years between 1917–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dominique Cardonb. 1947FRnot in their usual nameFrench historian of textile production
• Marie Catherine Francoise Vandenbusscheperson

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 · 323 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Francoise?

We estimate roughly 414 thousand people bear Francoise (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Francoise have the most bearers?

We estimate about 401 thousand people bear Francoise in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled francois.

How common is Francoise compared with other names?

In France, Francoise is the 5th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Francoise a male or female name?

Francoise is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Francoise mean?

Recorded meaning: French feminine of François, from Latin Franciscus, 'Frankish'; St Francis.