Francesco

“Variant of Francis — Frenchman” — Medieval Latin origin

Boy's name · #1329 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Francesco reached its best rank, #760, in 1908 and ranked #1329 in 2025. About 8,400 boys have carried it since 1906. In New York, Connecticut and New Jersey it runs 3–4× its national rate.

Around the world: #6 in Italy (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Francescos

Francesco Totti — Italian association football player
Francesco Cossiga — 8th President of Italy (1928-2010)
Francesco Borromini — Italian architect from Ticino and leading figure in Roman Baroque architecture (1599-1667), sculptor, engineer, stonemason and draughtsman (1599–1667)
Francesco Guicciardini — Italian writer, historian and politician (1483-1540)
Frančesco Redi — Italian entomologist and poets

In stories & tradition

Francesco Binomi — fictional human
Francesco Dellamorte — fictional human
Francesco Bernoulli — Cars 2

What Francescos become

Among 6,751 notable people named Francesco:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.6× more often than among typical names — e.g. Francesco Mario Pagano, Italian jurist and author.

Similar names: Frankie · Marcellus · Franco · Henri · Domenico · Constantine

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