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Francine

Pronunciation	fran-SENE
Gender	Female
Origin
Language	French
Meaning	Free One, From France
Region of origin	France

This is a disambiguation page for the common name Francine.

Francine is a female given name. The name is of French origin. The name Francine was most popular in France itself during the 1940s (Besnard & Desplanques, 2003), and was well used in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s (Evans, 2006). Short forms are Fran and Frannie.

Translations

• Afrikaans: Francine
• Catalan: Francina
• Danish: Frandsine
• Dutch: Francien
• English: Frankie
• Filipino: Franxine
• French: Françoise
• German: Franziska
• Italian: Francesca
• Norwegian: Frances
• Polish: Franciszka
• Portuguese: Francesa, Francisca
• Slovak: Frantiska
• Spanish: Francisca
• Zulu: Rancina

Persons

• Francine Bergé (born 1938), French film and stage actress
• Francine Brunel-Reeves (1933–2018), Québécois singer, caller and researcher
• Francine Descartes (1635–1640), René Descartes' daughter
• Francine Diaz (born 2004), Filipina teen actress and model
• Francine Fournier (born 1972), professional wrestler
• Francine Gálvez (born 1966), Cameroonian-born Spanish television presenter
• Francine Gaudet (born 1948), Canadian politician
• Francine Jordi (born 1977), Swiss pop singer
• Francine Justa (1942–2016), American activist and affordable housing advocate in New York City.
• Francine Lalonde (1940–2014), Canadian Quebec provincial politician
• Francine McKenna, American journalist, blogger, and columnist
• Francine G. McNairy, American academic administrator
• Francine Misasi (1944–2001), Clerk of the New York State Assembly 1985–2000
• Francine Mussey (1897–1933), French actress
• Francine Pascal (born 1938), American author
• Francine Pelletier (writer) (born 1959), Canadian science fiction author
• Francine Pelletier (journalist) (born c. 1955), Canadian television and print journalist
• Francine Prieto (born 1982), Filipino-Norwegian beauty queen, fashion model, product endorser, singer, actress and child star
• Francine Prose (born 1947), American writer
• Francine Reed (born 1947), American blues singer
• Francine Rivers (born 1947), American author of fiction with Christian themes
• Francine Stock (born 1958), British radio and TV presenter and novelist
• Francine Villeneuve (born 1964), Canadian thoroughbred jockey and racing pioneer
• Francine Weisweiller née Worms (1916–2003), French socialite and patron of Yves Saint Laurent and Jean Cocteau
• Francine York (1936–2017), American movie and television actress

Fictional characters

• Francine Briggs, a mean English teacher in the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly portrayed by Mindy Sterling
• Francine Frensky, character on the children's book and animated television series Arthur voiced by Jodie Resther
• Francine Smith, character on the animated television series American Dad! voiced by Wendy Schaal
• Francine "Frankie" Osborne, character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks, portrayed by Helen Pearson
• Francine "Frankie" Osborne, character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks, portrayed by Isabelle Smith
• Francine, an Animal Crossing snooty villager
• Francine Nebulon, a character on the TV series Lloyd in Space voiced by Nicolette Little
• Francine "Franny" Fantootsie, titular character from the children's animated television series Franny's Feet voiced by Phoebe McAuley
• Francine Carruthers, a major antagonist from the TV series The Electric Company portrayed by Ashley Austin Morris
• Francine, a female sloth from Ice Age: Collision Course voiced by Melissa Rauch
• Francine Frye, a supervillain appearing from Marvel Comics, also known as "Electro" in Spidey and His Amazing Friends
• Francine "Fran" Joy Fine, main character from the TV series The Nanny

Other

• Francine (band), indie rock band from Boston
• "Francine" (song), a 1971 song by American rock band ZZ Top from their album Rio Grande Mud
• List of storms named Francene
  • Hurricane Francine, a 2024 hurricane that struck southeast Louisiana as a category 2 with winds of 100 mph.
• Francine (cat), a cat living in a Richmond, Virginia Lowe's

See also

• Francene Cosman
• Francina (name)

References

• Besnard, P. & Desplanques, G. La cote des prénoms en 2004. Paris: Balland. ISBN 2-7158-1461-5
• Evans, C. K. (2006). The great big book of baby names. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International Limited. ISBN 1-4127-1300-5.