Françoise

Françoise is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

The name is the feminine form of François, German Franziska, see French

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Françoise- Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Morte Mart, marquise de Montespan (1640-1707), mistress of Louis XIV
  • Françoise- Louise de Warens (1699-1762), maternal friend of Jean -Jacques Rousseau
  • Françoise Bozon ( b. 1963 ), French alpine skier
  • Françoise Cactus (born 1964 ), German - French author
  • Françoise Dorléac (1942-1967), French actress
  • Françoise Durr ( born 1942 ), French tennis player
  • Françoise Eléonore Dejean de Manville, Comtesse de Sabran (1749-1827), the personality of the Paris salons
  • Françoise Hardy ( born 1944 ), French pop singer
  • Françoise Macchi ( born 1951 ), French alpine skier
  • Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677-1749), daughter of Louis XIV
  • Françoise Mbango Etone (* 1976), Cameroonian athlete
  • Françoise Sagan (1935-2004), French writer
  • Françoise d' Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719), mistress of Louis XIV
  • Françoise de Panafieu ( b. 1948 ), French politician
  • Françoise Yip (born 1972 ), Canadian actress

Family name

  • Emmanuel Françoise ( * 1987), French footballer
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