Francine

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This is a disambiguation page for the common name Francine.

Francine is a female given name. The name is of French origin, derived from French name Françoise, itself the female version of François, the French form of Francis. 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 Frannie, Frans and Fran.

(Also another form Francini)

Translations

• French: Françoise
• German: Fransin
• Italian: Francesca
• Dutch : Francien
• Norwegian: Frances
• Polish: Fransin
• Catalan: Francina
• Portuguese: Francesa
• Spanish: Francisca
• Zulu: Rancina
• Slovak: Frantiska
• Afrikaans: Francine

Persons

• Francine (band), indie rock band from Boston
• Francine Bergé (born 1938), French film and stage actress
• Francine Descartes (1635-1640), René Descartes' daughter
• Francine Fournier (born 1972), professional wrestler
• Francine Jordi (born 1977), Swiss pop singer
• Francine Lalonde (born 1940), Canadian Quebec provincial politician
• Francine Pascal (born 1938), American author
• Francine Pelletier (author) (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 (born 1938), American movie and television actress

Fictional characters

• Francine Frensky, fictional character on the children's book and animated television series Arthur
• Francine Smith, fictional character on the animated television series American Dad!

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.

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