Francesca

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See francisca for the frankish throwing-axe.

Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name Franciscus meaning 'free'. It is widely used in most romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and etymologists are unsure as to the place of its origin. It is derived from the same source as the female name Frances, and the male names Francesc, Francesco and Francis.

[edit] People named Francesca

Francesca Given Name
Gender	Female
Meaning	White Dove
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Francesca

Some famous people with the first name of Francesca include:

• Francesca Annis, British actor
• Francesca da Rimini, the medieval figure
• Francesca Dani, the Italian cosplay model
• Francesca Gagnon, singer and performer for Cirque du Soleil
• Francesca Lia Block, the author of the Weetzie Bat series
• Francesca Martinez, British comedian
• Francesca Martinez, Italian model
• Francesca Paolucci, Italian writer of novels and comics (married with Enrico Teodorani, creator of Djustine and mother of Andrea Teodorani).
• Francesca Piccinini, an Italian volleyball player
• Francesca Simon, the author of the Horrid Henry series
• Francesca(Franziska) Wittmann , Austrian actress
• Francesca Baker, British Hotel Heir
• Francesca Smythies, Italian American Student
• Francesca Leech, Vicar.
• Piero della Francesca, Italian painter

[edit] Translations

• Basque: Frantziska
• Breton: Franseza
• Czech: Františka
• French: Françoise
• German: Franziska
• Hungarian: Franciska
• Italian: Francesca
• Japanese: Furanchesuka
• Polish: Franciszka
• Portuguese: Francisca
• Slovenian: Frančiška
• Spanish: Francisca

[edit] See also

• List of people starting with "Francesca"