Franz
[frɑnts]Meaning
German form of Franciscus, cognate of Francis
Background Story
Franz is the German form of Franciscus, and a cognate of the given name Francis. It is used in Basque, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French and Hungarian.
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