See also: frank and frånk

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English Frank, partially from Old English Franca (a Frank); and partially from Old French Franc, and/or Latin Francus (a Frank), from Frankish *Franko (a Frank); both maybe from Proto-Germanic *frankô (javelin). Cognate with Old High German Franko (a Frank), Old English franca (spear, javelin). Compare Saxon, ultimately a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sahsą (knife, dagger).[1] Doublet of franc, frank, and farang.

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Frank (plural Franks)

  1. One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
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  1. ^ Frank”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2021.

Etymology 2

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The surname derives from the medieval tribal name. The given name is also a form of Francis, with formal given name status since the 19th century.

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Frank

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Francis
    • 1996, Frank McCourt, chapter VII, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 197:
      Your name is Francis, is it?
      Frank, sir.
      Your name is Francis. There was never a St. Frank. That's a name for gangsters and politicians.
  3. A surname transferred from the nickname.
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Danish

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Frank

  1. a male given name borrowed from English and German

Dutch

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From Middle Dutch vranke, from Old Dutch franko, from Frankish *frankō.

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Frank m (plural Franken)

  1. (historical, chiefly plural) Frank (member of a Migration-Period Germanic tribe)
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Frank m

  1. a male given name from Dutch, Frank

Faroese

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Frank m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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  • son of Frank: Franksson
  • daughter of Frank: Franksdóttir

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Frank
Accusative Frank
Dative Franki
Genitive Franks

French

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Frank m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Frank

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German

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From Middle High German Franke, from Old High German Franko (a Frank). Used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century.

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Frank m (proper noun, strong, genitive Franks or (with an article) Frank, plural Franks or Frank or Franke)

  1. a male given name, popular especially in the 1960s and 70s

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Frank m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Franks or (with an article) Frank, plural Franks or Frank)

  1. a surname

Icelandic

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Frank m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Frank

Declension

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    Declension of Frank
m-s1 singular
indefinite
nominative Frank
accusative Frank
dative Frank
genitive Franks

Manx

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Etymology 1

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From Latin Francia, from Francus (Frank).

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yn Rank f (genitive ny Frank)

  1. France
    Haink eh noal ass yn Rank.
    He came over from France.
    Hooar eh baase 'sy Rank.
    He got killed in France.
    Ren ad troailt 'sy Rank as ayns yn Spaainey ny yei shen.
    They travelled in France and then in Spain.
    T'eh ceau yn geurey ayns jiass ny Frank.
    He winters in the south of France.
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  • Always preceded by the definite article.
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Etymology 2

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From Latin Francus (Frank).

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Frank m

  1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Francis
    Coordinate term: Frangaid

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Frank Rank Vrank
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian

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Etymology

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From English or, rarely, English Frank, in the 19th century.

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Frank

  1. a male given name

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  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 272 males with the given name Frank living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Francus, from Frankish *Frank. Doublet of frank.

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Frank m pers

  1. (historical) Frank (one of the Franks)

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Further reading

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  • Frank in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Frank in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Unadapted borrowing from English Frank.

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Frank m

  1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Frank
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Slovak

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Frank m pers (female equivalent Franková)

  1. a male surname

Further reading

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  • Frank”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

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Frank c (genitive Franks)

  1. a male given name borrowed from English or, rarely, from German