Franz

Franz is a male first name and short form of Francis, rarely pet form of the female given name Franziska.

  • 4.1 rulers and princes
  • 4.2 first name
  • 4.3 Fictitious name carriers

Origin and Meaning

Franz derives basically from the Old High German in meaning free from bold, but this root is contained only in an indirect way. Although the monomial Germanic form of the name frank (o ) is found in the early period in the sense of " the Free " or " Franke " of the tribe of the Franks. However, the form came with the separation in a Western and Ostfränkisches Empire ( the precursors of France and the German-speaking countries ) into oblivion. The Italian nickname Francesco ( baptized after his return German: But when was the father of St. Francis of Assisi on a trading voyage in France, bore him his wife in Italy a son, and he, although the name Giovanni (John German ): , French 's ') was, and from the second half of the 13th century, Francesco used as a derivation of the Latinized Franciscus in the environment of the Franciscans and their religious founder, Francis of Assisi. Widely used in Austria and Bavaria is the name then from the second half of the 18th century under the two Emperors Franz I and especially Francis II as gesture of solidarity in the confrontation with Napoleon. In Austria, the name remains by Franz Joseph I. until well into the 20th century one of the most popular first name. The shape Frank came on later and was mediated by the Italian- Spanish and Franco the influence of English.

"Franz" was in Germany during the First World War as a nickname for the observers and navigators in the aircraft. Even today, to verfranzen a common euphemism for losing the orientation '; that is, when, Francis had made ​​a mistake with the map, then had, Emil [ the pilot ] verfranzt itself '.

The term Franzmann - used (usually disparagingly ) for " Frenchman " - is also a term that is used in the soldiers' language at least since 1870 /71. Here is a shortening and deformation of the three-syllable term Frenchman.

Variants

In following one after the long form; attributable to ending- kus; for short - form without iskus; pure root syllable Fran -; and other Diminuativformen.

Among the variants of the attributable middle syllable - zis ( " [t ] s / sh ") see Frank.

Male

  • German Francis ( from Romanesque Germanized ), French
  • Dutch Frans
  • Swedish Franciskus
  • English Francis
  • Latin Franciscus
  • French François
  • Italian Francesco; Franceschetto
  • Catalan Francesc; Cesc, Xesc
  • Occitan Francés
  • Romansh Franzestg
  • Friulian Francesc
  • Portuguese Francisco, França
  • Spanish Francisco
  • Breton Frañsez; Fañch
  • Croatian Franjo, Frano, Frane, Fran
  • Polish Franciszek
  • Russian Franzisk, Franz Франциск, Франц
  • Slovenian Frančišek, France, Francesco ( pronounced " Frantz [e ] " ) Fran
  • Czech Frantisek Franek
  • Welsh Ffransis
  • Gaelic Frannsaidh
  • Hungarian Ferenc
  • Albanian Frano, Francesco
  • Unclear: Francisko, Franus

Female

  • German Franziska, Franzisca, Franzine ( then Romanesque forms )
  • English Frances, Francine, Franceen, Francet
  • French Françoise; France; Francine, France Line, Francette
  • Italian Francesca; Francetta, Franchetta
  • Spanish Francisca
  • Portuguese Francisca
  • Breton Franseza

Short forms, some unisex:

  • International: Francis, Fran, Franny, Frannie
  • German: Franzi, Franzl, Fränzel, Fränzli, and many more

Family name

Except Franz ( family name) and the above-mentioned forms, for example, also:

  • Get in Ancient notation: Frantz
  • Genetivbildungen: Francisci

Name and observances

Well-known bearers of the name

Rulers and princes

  • List of rulers named Franz
  • List of prince named Franz

First name

  • Franz Abt (1819-1885), composer and court Kapellmeister
  • Franz Ackermann ( b. 1963 ), German painter
  • Franz Alt (journalist ) ( born 1938 ), German journalist and author
  • Franz Alt ( mathematician ) ( 1910-2011 ), American mathematician
  • Franz Wilhelm of Barfus - Falkenburg (1788-1863), Prussian Major General
  • Franz Beckenbauer (* 1945), German football player and functionary
  • Franz Behr ( †), German football player, umpire and functionary
  • Franz Boas (1858-1942), German ethnologist and sociologist Ethno
  • Franz Brunner ( handball player ) ( 1913-1991 ), Austrian field handball player
  • Franz Brunner ( politician ) ( 1926-1982 ), Austrian politician ( ÖVP)
  • Franz Brunner ( wrestler) ( born 1931 ), Austrian wrestler
  • Franz Burda (1903-1986), German publisher
  • Franz Bopp (1791-1867), German linguist
  • Franz Binder ( researcher) ( 1824-1875 ), Transylvanian merchant and African researchers
  • Franz Binder (1828-1914), editor of the Historical- political music for Catholic Germany ( HistPolBl )
  • Franz Binder ( politician ) ( 1881-1944 ), Austrian politician ( CS), Burgenländischer Member of Parliament and Federal Council
  • Franz Binder (SPÖ ) ( 1902-1956 ), Austrian resistance fighters
  • Franz Binder ( footballer ) (1911-1989 ), Austrian football player and coach
  • Franz Binder (SPÖ ) ( 1921-1997 ), Austrian politician ( SPÖ), Lower Austrian Landtag
  • Franz Binder ( singer ), Austrian singer, comes from Transylvania
  • Franz Binder ( writer) ( born 1952 ), German writer, photojournalist and graphic designer
  • Franz- Josef Binder (1908-1960), Austrian- Dutch motorcycle racer and engineer
  • Franz Czeminski (1876-1945), German politician
  • Franz Defregger (1835-1921), Austrian genre and historical painter
  • Franz Josef Degenhardt (1931-2011), German singer-songwriter, author and lawyer
  • Frans Drion (1874-1948), a Dutch teacher, politician and anarchist
  • Franz Felke (1902-1990), German entrepreneur
  • Franz Fuchs ( Member of Parliament, Salzburg ) ( 1821-1896 ), businessman, mayor of Mauterndorf and Member of the Salzburg Parliament
  • Franz Fuchs ( photographer) ( 1870-1925 ), Austrian photographer
  • Franz Fuchs ( imperial parliaments ) ( 1876-1914 ), Member of the Upper Austrian Landtag and the Reichstag
  • Franz Fuchs ( museologist ) ( 1881-1971 ), German naturalist and museologist
  • Franz Fuchs ( politician ) ( 1894-1981 ), German politician ( SPD)
  • Franz Fuchs ( Senator ) ( 1924-1995 ), Member of the Bavarian Senate
  • Franz Fuchs (assassins ) ( 1949-2000 ), Austrian Terrorist
  • Franz Fuchs ( historian ) ( born 1953 ), German historian
  • Franz Xaver gardener (1925-2012), German general physician and professor
  • Franz Gleitze (1869-1958), German poet home
  • Franz Göring ( SS Member) (1908 -? ), German SS - Obersturmbannführer and intelligence officials
  • Franz Göring ( cross-country skier ) ( born 1984 ), German cross-country skiers
  • Franz Goerke (1856-1931), German publisher, photographer and director of the company Urania
  • Franz Grassl (born 1965 ), German mountaineers and alpine athletes
  • Franz Haller of Hallerkeö (1796-1875), Austrian field marshal lieutenant
  • Franz Haller ( kickboxer ) ( born 1959 ), South Tyrol Kickboxer
  • Frans Hals ( 1580-1585 - 1666), Dutch painter
  • Franz Josef Hammerl (1896-1948), German historian
  • Franz Heinzer (born 1962 ), Swiss skier
  • Franz Hero ( writer ) ( 1862-1908 ), German writer (Franz Herzfeld )
  • Franz Hero ( sports scientist ) ( b. 1948 ), German rower and sports scientists
  • Franz de Hieronymo ( de Geronimo, 1642-1716 ), Jesuit and Catholic saint
  • Franz Andreas Holly (1747-1783), Bohemian composer
  • Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943), an Austrian conscientious objector
  • Franz Kafka (1883-1924), German writer
  • Franz Qaeda ( b. 1942 ), former (first ) announcement spokesman for the Wiener Linien
  • Franz Klammer ( born 1953 ), Austrian alpine skier
  • Franz König (1905-2004), Austrian Cardinal
  • Franz Kustner (* 1950), German politician
  • Franz Langoth (1877-1953), Austrian politician
  • Franz Lehár (1870-1948), Austrian composer of Hungarian origin
  • Franz Xaver Lehner (1904-1986), German composer and university teacher
  • Franz Liebl (1923-2002), author of the Sudeten egerländischen and the Upper Palatinate dialect
  • Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer
  • Franz Matter (1931-1999), Swiss actor and director
  • Franz Marc (1880-1916), German painter
  • Francis of Marchia (Francesco della Marca; * 1285-1290 in Appignano, † 1344 ), philosopher, theologian and member of the Franciscan Order
  • Franz Mehring (1846-1919), German writer and politician
  • Franz Mett (1904-1944), German Communist and resistance fighter
  • Franz Mon (* 1926), German poet
  • Franz Müntefering ( * 1940 ), German politician
  • Franz Christian Naunyn (1799-1860), German politician
  • Franz Urban Pappi (* 1939), German sociologist and political scientist
  • Franz Porten (1859-1932), German actor, film director and opera singer
  • Franz Anton Regenauer (1797-1864), German politician and publicist
  • Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (1766-1820), Austrian publisher, cartographer and writer
  • Franz Ringel (1940-2011), Austrian painter
  • Franz Romanus (1600-1668), German jurist
  • Franz Conrad Romanus (1671-1746), mayor of Leipzig
  • Franz Sackmann (1920-2011), German politician
  • Franz Schafheitlin (1895-1980), German actor
  • Franz Scharl (* 1958), Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna
  • Franz Scholz (1909-1998), Silesian theologian
  • Franz Xaver Creator (1754-1828), Austrian politician and mayor of St. Pölten
  • Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Austrian composer
  • Franz Josef Strauss (1915-1988), German politician
  • Franz Ullwer ( b. 1933 /34), German orienteers
  • Franz Vohwinkel (* 1964), German illustrator Games
  • Vranitzky (* 1937), Austrian politician
  • Francis of Assisi (c. 1181 or 1182-1226 ), founder of the Catholic order of Franciscan
  • Francis of Borgia (1510-1572), Spanish general of the Jesuits
  • Franz von Papen (1879-1969), German politician
  • Francis of Paola (1416-1507), Founder and saint of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Francis of Paula cabinet (1747-1835), German botanist
  • Francis of Prague (1290-1362), Swedish clergyman and historian
  • Francis de Retz (1343-1427), reformer and theologian of the Dominican Order
  • Francis of Schönthan (1849-1913), writer
  • Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Doctor of the Church
  • Franz von Suppe (1819-1895), Austrian composer
  • Franz von Taxis (around 1459-1517 ), Postmaster General under Philip the Fair and Charles V
  • Francis II of taxis (around 1514-1543 ), Postmaster General under Charles V.
  • Franz Karl von Velbrück (1719-1784), Prince-Bishop of Liège
  • Franz Josef Vonbun (1824-1870), Austrian physician, dialect poets and legends collectors
  • Franz Weineck (1839-1921), German secondary school principal and local historian
  • Franz von Wertheim (1814-1883), Austrian Industrialists
  • Franz Werfel (1890-1945), Austrian writer
  • Franz Zimmert (* 1949), German football player

Fictitious names carrier

  • Franz Eder Eder and his master Pumuckl.

Other names

  • The storm Franz saw in the night of 11 January 12, 2007 in Europe for wind speeds up to 180 kilometers per hour and caused numerous damages. At least seven people fell victim to the hurricane.
  • Many churches are named after Franz or Francis, see Francis Church.
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