Name

Name FRENCH

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 393 births of French in the countries below, which represents an average of 3 births of children bearing the first name French per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom French
In Italiano

Nome French

Information about the first name French

The first name French has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name French is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 6 letters including 1 vowel and 5 consonants

French in Japanese ^*

Romaji	furenku
Katakana	フレンク
Hiragana	ふれんく
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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French in sign language

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French in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name French

English

Etymology

From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.

Noun

French (countable and uncountable, plural French or Frenches)
(chiefly collective and in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people.
(uncountable, dated slang, sex) Synonym of oral sex, especially fellatio.
(chiefly uncountable, dated slang) Ellipsis of French vermouth, a type of dry vermouth.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) enPR: frĕnch, IPA(key): /fɹɛnt͡ʃ/, [fɹ̠ɛn̠t͡ʃ]
Rhymes: -ɛntʃ

Pronunciation

(UK, US) enPR: frĕnch, IPA(key): /fɹɛnt͡ʃ/, /fɹɛnʃ/
Rhymes: -ɛntʃ

Verb

french (third-person singular simple present frenches, present participle frenching, simple past and past participle frenched)
(transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
(transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
(intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
(cooking) To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).

Verb

French (third-person singular simple present Frenches, present participle Frenching, simple past and past participle Frenched)
Alternative letter-case form of french

Adjective (Descendants)

→ Choctaw: Filanchi
→ Tamil: பிரஞ்சு (pirañcu)

Adjective (Synonyms)

Gallian, Gallic, Gaulish

Noun (Descendants)

→ Zulu: iFulentshi

Noun (Usage notes)

The use of the plural form Frenches occurred in early modern English but is only seldomly and exceptionally encountered in contemporary English. As with other collective demonyms, French is preceded by the definite article or some other determiner when referring to the people of France collectively.