Franciszek
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- fran-CHEE-shek
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,008 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Franciszek is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “French”. In 2025 it ranked 1,008th for boys in the UK (33 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Franciszek mean?
Latin: Polish form of Francis
“French”
Polish form of Francis, from Late Latin Franciscus, Frenchman.
Is Franciszek a girl's or a boy's name?
Franciszek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Franciszek in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,008th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 9,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the UK were named Franciszek, making it the 1,008th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 370th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 153 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Franciszek than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Franciszek in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,007th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Franciszek in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #1,008 |
| 2024 | 39 | #881 |
| 2023 | 60 | #657 |
| 2022 | 81 | #533 |
| 2021 | 94 | #480 |
| 2020 | 134 | #370 |
| 2019 | 140 | #362 |
| 2018 | 153 | #342 |
| 2017 | 145 | #368 |
| 2016 | 140 | #373 |
| 2015 | 125 | #386 |
| 2014 | 113 | #409 |
| 2013 | 107 | #435 |
| 2012 | 73 | #558 |
| 2011 | 66 | #578 |
| 2010 | 73 | #532 |
| 2009 | 57 | #629 |
| 2008 | 31 | #947 |
| 2007 | 27 | #991 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
How popular is Franciszek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Franciszek, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Franciszek in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Franciszek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Nicknames for Franciszek
- Franek 5 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Franciszek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie, Oliver, Cillian, Finley, Rafferty, Felix, Alfie, Maximus, Theo, Remy, Cassian, Luca
Names related to Franciszek
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Franciszek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/franciszek, updated 20 October 2026.