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