Franka
Franka (also written Franca or Francka ) is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Franka is a feminine form of the given name Frank . In old Germanic Franka means free or courageous. In the old German language it stands for the Franconian / the free / the open.
name day
Name day of the female form Franka is specifically April 25 , the commemoration day of Saint Franca .
Name bearers
Single name
- Franka von Piacenza , also Francha (* around 1170, † April 25, 1218), Italian founder of the monastery (Cistercian)
First name form Franca
- Franca Bettoia (born 1936), Italian actress
- Franca Bianconi (* 1962), Italian figure skater
- Franca Düwel (* 1967), German author and screenwriter
- Franca Fiacconi (* 1965), Italian long-distance runner
- Ene Franca Idoko (* 1985), Nigerian athlete
- Franca Kastein (1969–2000), German actress
- Franca Magnani (1925–1996), Italian journalist
- Franca Raimondi (1932–1988), Italian pop singer
- Franca Rame (1929–2013), Italian theater maker
- Franca di Rienzo , French singer of Italian origin
- Franca Sozzani (1950–2016), Italian journalist
- Franca Squarciapino , Italian costume designer and Oscar winner
First name form Franka
- Franka Anić (* 1991), Slovenian Taekwondoin
- Franka Batelić (* 1992), Croatian singer
- Franka Dietzsch (* 1968), German discus thrower
- Franka Hitzing (* 1966), German politician (FDP), MdL
- Franka Hörnschemeyer (* 1958), German visual artist
- Franka Much (* 1975), German model, actress and presenter
- Franka Potente (* 1974), German actress
Web links
Frequency, regional distribution and age cohort distribution of the name Franka in Slovenia
Frequency, regional distribution and age cohort distribution of the name Francka in Slovenia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Franka at nordicnames.de (English)
- ↑ a b Stadler: Complete Lexicon of Saints , Volume 2, Schmid, 1861, p. 245 f ( Google eBook, complete view )