Frans

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch Frans. === Proper noun === Frans (plural Franses) A surname from Dutch. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Frans is the 37848th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 587 individuals. Frans is most common among White (86.71%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frans”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 599. === Anagrams === snarf == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === Frans (attributive Franse, not comparable) French (of, from, or pertaining to France, the French people or the French language) === Proper noun === Frans French (the language spoken by the French people) == Danish == === Alternative forms === Frands Frants === Etymology === From German Franz. === Proper noun === Frans a male given name, equivalent to English Francis == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /frɑns/ Hyphenation: Frans Rhymes: -ɑns === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch fransch, from fransoys, from Old French françois, from Medieval Latin franciscus, from Late Latin Francus. ==== Adjective ==== Frans (not comparable) French ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== Fransch (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Kwinti: frans → Sranan Tongo: Frans → Caribbean Javanese: Peras ==== Proper noun ==== Frans n French (language) ===== Alternative forms ===== Fransch (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From French François and Latin Franciscus. ==== Proper noun ==== Frans m a male given name, equivalent to English Francis ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Javindo: Pang == Faroese == === Etymology === Ultimately, from Latin Franciscus. === Proper noun === Frans m a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics Frans's son: Fransson Frans's daughter: Fransdóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Swedish Frans < Franciscus (“French”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfrɑns/, [ˈfrɑ̝ns̠] Rhymes: -ɑns Syllabification(key): Frans Hyphenation(key): Frans === Proper noun === Frans a male given name, equivalent to English Francis ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== (religion) Franciscus (nickname) Ransu (surnames) Franssila, Frantsi, Rantsi, Ranttila (place name) Rantsila ==== Statistics ==== Frans is the 251st 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. == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French France. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɣãs/ === Proper noun === Frans France (a country located primarily in Western Europe) ==== Related terms ==== franse Franse == Icelandic == === Proper noun === Frans m (proper noun, genitive singular Frans) a male given name, equivalent to English Francis ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch Frans. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈfrans/ [ˈfrans] Rhymes: -ans Syllabification: Frans === Proper noun === Frans a male given name == Norwegian == === Etymology === From German Franz. === Proper noun === Frans a male given name, equivalent to English Francis == Swedish == === Etymology === From German Franz. === Proper noun === Frans c (genitive Frans) a male given name, equivalent to English Francis