Francine

Francine
Pronunciation	fran-SEEN
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	French
Region of origin	France

This is a disambiguation page for the common name Francine.

Francine is a female given name. The name is of French origin. The name Francine was most popular in France itself during the 1940s (Besnard & Desplanques 2003), and was well used in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s (Evans 2006). Short forms are Frannie, Frans and Fran.

(Also another form Francini)

Translations

• German: Fransin
• Italian: Francesca
• Dutch : Francien
• Norwegian: Frances
• Polish: Franciszka
• Catalan: Francina
• Portuguese: Francesa
• Spanish: Francisca
• Zulu: Rancina
• Slovak: Frantiska
• Afrikaans: Francine

Persons

• Francine (band), indie rock band from Boston
• Francine Bergé (born 1938), French film and stage actress
• Francine Descartes (1635-1640), René Descartes' daughter
• Francine Fournier (born 1972), professional wrestler
• Francine Jordi (born 1977), Swiss pop singer
• Francine Lalonde (born 1940), Canadian Quebec provincial politician
• Francine Misasi (1944–2001), Clerk of the New York State Assembly 1985–2000
• Francine Pascal (born 1938), American author
• Francine Pelletier (writer) (born 1959), Canadian science fiction author
• Francine Pelletier (journalist) (born c. 1955), Canadian television and print journalist
• Francine Prieto (born 1982), Filipino-Norwegian beauty queen, fashion model, product endorser, singer, actress and child star
• Francine Prose (born 1947), American writer
• Francine Reed (born 1947), American blues singer
• Francine Rivers (born 1947), American author of fiction with Christian themes
• Francine Stock (born 1958), British radio and TV presenter and novelist
• Francine Villeneuve (born 1964), Canadian thoroughbred jockey and racing pioneer
• Francine Weisweiller née Worms (1916–2003), French socialite and patron of Yves Saint Laurent and Jean Cocteau
• Francine York (born 1938), American movie and television actress

Fictional characters

• Francine Frensky, fictional character on the children's book and animated television series Arthur
• Francine Smith, fictional character on the animated television series American Dad!
• Francine "Frankie" Osborne, character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks
• Francine Nebulon, a character on the TV series Lloyd in Space

References

• Besnard, P. & Desplanques, G. La cote des prénoms en 2004. Paris: Balland. ISBN 2-7158-1461-5
• Evans, C. K. (2006). The great big book of baby names. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International Limited. ISBN 1-4127-1300-5.