Frans

Borrowed from Dutch Frans.

Frans (plural Franses)

1. A surname from Dutch.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Frans is the 37848^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 587 individuals. Frans is most common among White (86.71%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frans”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 599.

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Frans (attributive Franse, not comparable)

1. French (of, from, or pertaining to France, the French people or the French language)

Frans

1. French (the language spoken by the French people)

• Frands
• Frants

From German Franz.

Frans

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

• IPA^(key): /frɑns/

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• Hyphenation: Frans
• Rhymes: -ɑns

From Middle Dutch fransch, from fransoys, from Old French françois, from Medieval Latin franciscus, from Late Latin Francus.

Frans (not comparable)

1. French

Declension of Frans
uninflected	Frans
inflected	Franse
comparative	Franser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		Frans	Franser	het Franst het Franste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	Franse	Fransere	Franste
	n. sing.	Frans	Franser	Franste
	plural	Franse	Fransere	Franste
definite		Franse	Fransere	Franste
partitive		Frans	Fransers	—

• Fransch (obsolete)

• → Kwinti: frans
• → Sranan Tongo: Frans
  • → Caribbean Javanese: Peras

Frans n

1. French (language)

• Fransch (obsolete)

From French François and Latin Franciscus.

Frans m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

• Javindo: Pang

Ultimately, from Latin Franciscus.

Frans m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• Frans's son: Fransson
• Frans's daughter: Fransdóttir

From Swedish Frans < Franciscus (“French”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɑns/, [ˈfrɑ̝ns̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑns
• Syllabification^(key): Frans
• Hyphenation^(key): Frans

Frans

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

• (religion) Franciscus
• (nickname) Ransu
• (surnames) Franssila, Frantsi, Rantsi, Ranttila
• (place name) Rantsila

• Frans is the 251^st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,007 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,380 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

From French France.

• IPA^(key): /fɣãs/

Frans

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

• franse
• Franse

Frans m (proper noun, genitive singular Frans)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

From Dutch Frans.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈfrans/ [ˈfrans]
• Rhymes: -ans
• Syllabification: Frans

Frans

1. a male given name

Frans

1. alternative form of Fraunce

Frans

1. alternative form of Fraunce

From German Franz.

Frans

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

From German Franz.

Frans c (genitive Frans)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis