Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name Franciscus meaning 'the Frenchman' It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and place of origin is Italy. It is derived from the same source as the female name Frances, and the male names Francesc, Francesco and Francis.
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People named Francesca
Daniel Francesca, Danish esports player
Francesca Alderisi, Italian television presenter and politician
Francesca Allen (born 2002), British adaptive rower
Francesca Allinson, English author and musician
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, British actress
Francesca Annis, British actress
Julia Francesca Barretto, Filipino actress
Francesca Battistelli, American Christian musician
Francesca Beard, Malaysian performance poet
Francesca Belibi (born 2001), American former basketball player
Francesca Businarolo (born 1983), Italian politician
Francesca Caccini, Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque
Francesca Calvo (1949–2003), Italian politician
Francesca Anna Canfield, American poet and translator
Francesca Capaldi, American actress, former child actress
Francesca Cima (born 1967 or 1968), Italian producer
Frankie Corio, Scottish child actress
Francesca Cumani, English racing presenter for ITV
Francesca Curmi (born 2002), Maltese tennis player
Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano
Francesca Dani, Italian cosplay model
Francesca Duranti (1935–2025), Italian writer
Francesca Gagnon, Canadian singer and performer for Cirque du Soleil
Francesca Galli, Italian road racing cyclist
Francesca Gino, Italian-American behavioral scientist
Francesca Hayward, English ballerina
Francesca Henry, English actress
Francesca Iossi (born 1977), Italian bobsledder
Francesca Jones (tennis), British tennis player
Francesca Lancellotti, Italian layperson declared venerable
Francesca Le, American pornographic actress
Francesca Lechi (1773–1806), Italian revolutionary and figure in Milanese society
Francesca Lia Block, American author of the Weetzie Bat series
Francesca Lubiani, Italian tennis player
Francesca Martiradonna, Italian basketball player
Francesca Martinez, British comedian
Francesca Mollett (born 1991), British abstract painter
Francesca Moraci (born 1955), Italian architect and academic
Francesca O'Brien (born 1987), British politician
Francesca Petitjean, French former bodybuilder and pornographic actress
Francesca Piccinini, Italian volleyball player
Francesca da Rimini, 13th-century Italian noblewoman and adulterer
Francesca Salvalajo, Italian backstroke swimmer
Francesa Sarah of Safed, 16th-century Jewish mystic
Francesca Scorsese, American actress and filmmaker
Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
Francesca Semoso, Papuan politician and broadcaster from Bougainville
Francesca Simon, American author of the Horrid Henry series
Francesca Stavrakopoulou, British theologian and broadcaster
Francesca Torrent (1881–1958), Spanish writer
Francesca Velicu, Romanian ballet dancer
Francesca Woodman, American photographer
Piero della Francesca, Italian painter
Francheska Yarbusova, Russian artist
Fictional characters
Francesca, a character from the Rankin/Bass classic Mad Monster Party
Francesca ("Frankie"), the eponymous main character from Melina Marchetta's Saving Francesca
Francesca Lucchini, a character from the anime/manga series Strike Witches
Francesca, a character from the series by Lauren Kate: Fallen
Francesca or Franky, a character from Freaky Green Eyes
Francesca da Rimini or da Polenta, a character from Dante's Inferno
Francesca Russo, a character from The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex
Francesca Caviglia, a character from Violetta
Francesca Hollingsworth (Frankie), a character from the Degrassi franchise
Francesca Danelli, a character from Bride of Re-Animator
Francesca "Cesca" Montoya, a character from Waterloo Road
Francesca Moretti, a character from Argentina, tierra de amor y venganza
Francesca Johnson, a character from The Bridges of Madison County
Francesca Hathaway, a character from The Haunted Hathaways
Francesca 'Frankie' Dart, a character in the TV show Community
Translations
Albanian: Françeska
Basque: Frantziska
Breton: Franseza
Chinese: 弗朗西斯卡 (pinyin: Fúlǎngxīsīkǎ), 弗朗西斯 (Fúlǎngxīsī) or 弗朗切斯卡 (Fúlǎngqièsīkǎ)
Croatian: Frančeska
Czech: Františka
French: Françoise
German: Franziska
Greek: Φραγκίσκη (Frangískī) or less originally Greek versions Φραντζέσκα (Frantzéska) and Φραντσέσκα (Frantséska)
Hungarian: Franciska
Icelandic: Fransiska
Indonesian: Fransisca, Fransiska, Francesca, Francisca
Italian: Francesca
Japanese: フランチェスカ (Furanchesuka)
Korean: 프란체스카 (Peurancheseuka)
Maltese: Frangiska (shortened Cikka)
Nahuatl languages: Francisca (shortened Pancha)
Polish: Franciszka
Portuguese: Francisca
Russian: Франческа (Frančeska)
Slovene: Frančiška
Spanish: Francisca (shortened Paca or Pancha)