Franklin (given name)
Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | English |
Meaning | Free Landowner |
Other names | |
Related names | Frank, Frankie, Francis, Francesca, Francine, Frans, Franz |
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Franklin is a masculine English given name. It is of English coming from the medieval English Frankeleyn, coming from the Anglo-Norman fraunclein. Its meaning is landowner of free but not noble origin.
People with the given name[]
- Franklin Archibald Dick (1823-1885), American lawyer
- Franklin Chang-Díaz (born 1950), mechanical engineer and physicist, former NASA astronaut
- Franklin Hughes Delano (1813–1893), American merchant, diplomat and society man.
- Franklin Drilon (born 1945), Filipino politician
- Franklin Engelmann (1908-1972), British radio personality
- Franklin Delano Floyd
- Franklin Graham (born 1952), son of Billy Graham
- Franklin P. Peterson (1930–2000), American mathematician specializing in algebraic topology
- Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), 14th President of the United States of America
- (1836-1836), infant son of Franklin Pierce
- Franklin "Frank" Robert Pierce (1839-1843), son of Franklin Pierce
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the United States of America
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (1914-1988), American lawyer, businessman, and politician
- Franklin D. Roosevelt III (born 1938), American educator
- Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas (1912-2004), American animator and pianist
- Franklin Delano Williams
Fictional characters[]
- Franklin (Peanuts), a character in the Peanuts comic strip
- Franklin Bordeau, a member of the phantom troupe from the manga Hunter x Hunter
- Franklin Clarke, fictional murderer in Agatha Christie's The A.B.C. Murders
- Franklin Clinton, a playable character in the video game Grand Theft Auto V
- Franklin Nelson, known as Foggy Nelson, a character from the Daredevil comic
- Franklin Rock, a character from the DC comics, also known as Sgt. Rock
- Franklin the Turtle, the protagonist of the eponymous series of Canadian children's books and two television adaptations
Related names[]
- Frank (given name), a short name for Franklin
- Franklin (surname)
See also[]
- All pages with titles beginning with Franklin
Categories:
- Given names
- English masculine given names