Franc Family History
Franc Name Meaning
French and Catalan: from the ancient Germanic personal name Franko in origin an ethnic name for a Frank which also came to be used as an adjective meaning ‘free open-hearted generous’ (Old French franc ‘free’ i.e. not a serf or slave); see Frank Compare French Franck Polish Czech and Slovak: from a Slavicized form of the German personal name Franz . Slovenian and Croatian: from a vernacular form of the personal names Slovenian Frančišek Croatian Francisko (from Latin Franciscus; see Francis ) derived from or influenced by German Franz . Compare Frantz 2 and Franck
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022