Fran's Name Day

4th October

Fran, the name has a description or meaning which is from the Latin meaning "Little Frenchman"

Fran has a Name day of 4th October, please check our history page to find out how this was derived

This description represents the Male usage of the name.

This name is a variant of the original name Francis

St Francis is a patron saint of the following:

Symbols are often associated with Saints, it often helped in the middle ages when people were unable to read thus Francis has the following symbols associated

Historically Famous Frans

Francis of Assisi was the first saint from which very many. have taken their names, although 'Francesco' was just a nickname. Born in 1181, Francis (or John) was dazzled not only by the courtly romances of France, but by chivalry and adventure too. However, his joie de vivre and imagination were caught up in a completely new adventure: that of trying to live the Gospel as it was actually written. It sounds simple but in medieval Italy it was revolutionary. Although Francis' family were Christians, they were not prepared to see their wealth given away impulsive ly. Francis kissed lepers, delighted in being mocked or even attacked, lived only on what he was given as alms, and took God's command to rebuild his Church equally literally: he found a small ruined church and began to restore it, stone by stone. The friars who joined him, the animals and birds who heard him preach, the women who formed his second Order of 'Poor Clares' and the many ordinary people who became Tertiaries all show how Francis' extraordinary gifts and determination to live the Gospel as perfectly as possible did, indeed, rebuild the Church in the twelfth century. He was the first saint to experience the strange phenomenon of the stigmata - Christ's wounds on the Cross - on his own body. The influence of Francis is still being felt in the Church today, especially where it works to protect the natural world or help the poor.