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Frano

Male#334 most common in Croatia2,227 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Frenchman, free one
Origin:
Latin

About the name Frano

Croatian form of Francis, from Latin Franciscus; common in Dalmatia.

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
October 4 (sv. Franjo Asiški)

Popularity with newborns

Frano has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

2,227 people in Croatia are called Frano, according to the 2021 census. That is #334 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Frano is recorded in 19 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

ReligiousSaint's nameCroatianCoastalModerately common

Notable people called Frano

  • Frano SupiloCroatian politician and journalist

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.