Frances
Frances is a French and English given name of Latin origin.
In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is: From France or 'free one.' The male version of the name in English is Francis.
People
- Frances X. Frei, American academic and businesswoman
- Frances Perkins (1880-1965), the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet.
- Frances of Rome (1384-1440), Italian saint, mystic, organizer of charitable services and Benedictine oblate who founded a religious community of oblates
- Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (1590-1632), central figure in a famous scandal and murder
- Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson (1894-1985), British politician and Member of Parliament
- Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517–1559), granddaughter of Henry VII of England and mother of Queen Jane Grey
- Frances Hyde, Countess of Clarendon (baptised 1617, died 1667), mother-in-law of King James II of England and maternal grandmother of Mary II and Queen Anne
- Frances Newton, Lady Cobham (1539-1592), one of the closest friends of Queen Elizabeth I of England
- Frances Radclyffe, Countess of Sussex (1531-1589)
- Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1599-1674)
- Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond, as known as 'La Belle Stuart', the face of Britannia
- Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnel (c. 1647-1730)
- Frances Vane, Viscountess Vane (1715-1788), British memoirist known for her highly public adulterous relationships
- Frances Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave (1821–1879), a leader and hostess of society
- Frances Walsingham, Countess of Essex and Countess of Clanricarde (1567–1633), daughter of Elizabeth I's Secretary of State, wife of Sir Philip Sidney; Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex; and Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde
- Frances Catherine Barnard (1796–1869), English author
- Frances Elizabeth Barrow (1822–1894), American children's writer
- Frances Black (born 1960), Irish singer
- Frances Bean Cobain (born 1992), daughter of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and singer Courtney Love
- Frances Augusta Hemingway Conant (1842-1903), American journalist, editor, businesswoman
- Frances Conroy, American actress
- Frances Cornford (1886-1960), English poet
- Frances Dodge (1914-1971), American internationally known horsewoman
- Frances Scott Fitzgerald (1921–1986), American journalist
- Frances Burney (1752–1840), English novelist, diarist and playwright
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), English playwright and author
- Frances Farmer, American actress
- Frances Fisher, American actress
- Frances FitzGerald (journalist) (born 1940), U.S. journalist and author
- Frances Fitzgerald (politician) (born 1950), Irish Fine Gael politician
- Frances Elizabeth Fryatt, American author, editor, specialist in household applied arts
- Frances Irene Burge Griswold (1826–1900), American poet, author
- Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879), English hymnwriter, religious poet
- Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864–1952), American photographer and photojournalist
- Frances Kirwan (1959-), British mathematician
- Frances Latham (1610-1677), colonial woman in Rhode Island known as "the Mother of Governors" for having 10 governors among her direct descendents
- Frances Lupton (1821-1892), English reformer for female education
- Frances MacDonald (1873–1921), Scottish artist
- Frances McDormand, American actress
- Frances Gertrude McGill (1882–1959), pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist and criminologist
- Frances Laughton Mace (1836-1899), American poet
- Frances Margaret Milne (1846-?), Irish-born, American writer, librarian
- Frances Nelson (1761-1831), wife of Admiral Horatio Nelson
- Frances Osborne (born 1969), British author
- Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1937), wife of US President Grover Cleveland
- Frances Rutherford (1912–2006), New Zealand artist and occupational therapist
- Frances Schreuder (1938-2004), American murderer in the Franklin Bradshaw murder.
- Frances Alice Shepherd, Canadian academic
- Frances T. Sullivan, New York State assemblywoman 1991–2002
- Frances Sweeney (1908–1944), American journalist and anti-fascist activist
- Francie Swift, born Frances Swift, American actress
- Frances Christine Fisher Tiernan (1846-1920), American novelist, author
- Frances Trollope (1779-1863), English novelist and writer, and mother of novelist and writer Anthony Trollope
- Frances Eleanor Trollope (1835-1913), sister of Ellen Ternan (Charles Dickens' mistress) and sister-in-law of Anthony Trollope
- Frances Willard (suffragist) (1839-1898), American educator, temperance reformer and women's suffragist
- Frances Yip, Hong Kong singer
- Frances (musician) (born 1993) UK singer
- Frances Quinlan vocalist and rhythm guitar player in the band Hop Along
- Esohe Frances Ikponmwen, Nigerian judge
- Frances Victoria Green, (1994- present), leading aquaculturist, women's rights activist and chef.
Film
- Frances (film), a 1982 biopic of Farmer
Fictional characters
- Frances, the title character in the children's book series by Russell Hoban
- Frances Earnshaw, from the novel Wuthering Heights
- Frances "Baby" Houseman, from the movie Dirty Dancing
- Frances, a character in the anime Sonic X
- Frances "Franny" Glass, a character from Franny and Zooey
- Mary Frances "Francie" Nolan, a character from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel) by Betty Smith.
- Frances Stevens, played by Grace Kelly in Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief
Places
See also
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