Francisca

Where Francisca comes from

From Portuguese and Spanish Francisca, from Latin Francisca. Doublet of Frances and Francesca.
— Wiktionary's entry for Francisca
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1902
    Peak, #478
    43 babies named Francisca — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Portuguese or from Spanish [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Frances.
Namesakes

No widely known Francisca turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.