Frances Family History
Frances Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Francis . Spanish (Francés) and Portuguese (Francês); French (southern) and Catalan (Francès): from an ethnic name meaning ‘Frenchman’ (see Francis ). Breton (Francès): from an altered form of the French personal name François (see Francois ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022