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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

FrancisIn Hebrew: פרנסיס · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Francis (Hebrew: פרנסיס) is a unisex name of international origin. 426 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1951, with 22 babies.

People in Israel
426
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1951
22 babies
USA, 2025
769
rank #420

Writing and saying Francis

In Hebrew letters the name is פרנסיס, read right to left. Francis is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Francis by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Francis: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Francis in English-speaking countries

Francis in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025769#4201918 (6,347)
United Kingdom2025282#1992019 (294)
England and Wales2025262#1932019 (264)
Scotland202512#2981975 (109)
Northern Ireland20258#2371997 (23)
Ireland202514#2981964 (429)
British Columbia20236#4931924 (41)
Alberta20259#4972016 (20)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Francis has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Francis

How do you write Francis in Hebrew?

Francis is written פרנסיס in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Francis?

426 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פרנסיס: 102 women and 324 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Francis a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 24% of the people named פרנסיס are women and 76% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Francis used outside Israel?

The name Francis appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 769 boys were given it in 2025 (#420), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 282 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.