- Francine
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footnotes = :"This is a disambiguation page for the common name Francine.
For the professional wrestler, seeFrancine Fournier . For the band, seeFrancine (band) ."Francine is a female
given name . The name is of French origin, derived from French nameFrancoise , itself the female version ofFrancois , the French form ofFrancis . The name Francine was most popular in France itself during the 1940s (Besnard & Desplanques 2003), and was well used in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s (Evans 2006). Short forms are Frannie, Frans and Fran.Translations
*French: Francine
*German: Fransin
*Italian:Francesca
*Norwegian:Frances
*Polish: Fransin
*Portuguese: Francesa
*Spanish: Francina
*Zulu: RancinaReferences
* Besnard, P. & Desplanques, G. "La cote des prénoms en 2004." Paris: Balland. ISBN 2.7158.1461.5
* Evans, C. K. (2006). The great big book of baby names. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International Limited. ISBN 1-4127-1300-5.
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