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Frances
Gender: Girl
Meaning: Means 'free'. Made famous by American Actress Frances McDermot. Actress Amanda Peet named her daughter Frances as did Courtney Love and the late Kurt Kobain. In 2016 both Sarah Chalke & Jamie Afifi and Morena Baccarin & Ben McKenzie named their children Frances.
Origin: Celebrity, English, Latin, Saint Names, Old-fashioned, Celebrity baby names 2016
Alternate spelling: Fran, Frannie
