France is both a given name and a French, Czech or Slovene surname. In France, it may derive from an ethnic name for an inhabitant of the country; a variant is Lafrance. In the Czech Republic, the surname may relate to the word Franc. In Slovenia, France may derive from the personal name "France", a vernacular form of "Francišek", Latin Franciscus ("Francis"). It may also be an Americanized spelling of the German given or surname "Franz".^[1]

Male name

In Slovenia, France is a male name, a variant of the name Franciscus.

• France Adamič (1911–2014), Slovene agronomist
• France Ahčin (1919–1989), Slovene sculptor
• France Ačko (1904–1974), Slovene musician, organist and composer
• France Balantič (1921–1943), Slovene poet
• France Bevk (1890–1970), Slovene writer, poet and translator
• France Bučar (1923–2015), Slovene politician, legal expert and author
• France Cukjati (born 1943), Slovene politician, physician and theologist
• France Dejak (1925–2003), Slovene soldier and Kočevski Rog massacre survivor
• France Laux (1897–1978), American sports announcer
• France Prešeren (1800–1849), Slovene romantic poet
• France Rode (1934–2017), Slovenian engineer and inventor
• France Staub (1920–2005), Mauritian ornithologist, herpetologist and botanist
• France Štiglic (1919–1993), Slovene film director and screenwriter
• France Vodnik (1903–1986), Slovene writer and poet

Female name

In French-speaking countries, France may be a woman's first name.

• France A. Córdova (born 1947), American astrophysicist and administrator
• France D'Amour (born 1967), French-Canadian singer and songwriter
• France Gall (1947–2018), French pop singer
• France Gélinas, Canadian politician
• France Joli (born 1963), Canadian singer and songwriter
• France Nuyen (born 1939), French-Vietnamese actress now psychological counselor

Surname

• Alfred E. France (1927–2015), American politician
• Anatole France, nom de plume of French writer François-Anatole Thibault (1844–1924)
• Cécile de France (born 1975), Belgian actress
• C. V. France (1868–1949), English actor
• Eurilda Loomis France (1865–1931), American painter
• Ellen France (born 1956), New Zealand judge
• J.P. France (born 1995), American baseball pitcher
• Kai Kara-France (born 1993), New Zealand mixed martial artist
• Michael France (1962–2013), American screenwriter
• Pierre Mendès France (1907–1982), French prime minister
• Raoul Heinrich Francé (1874-1943), Austro-Hungarian botanist, microbiologist and philosopher
• R. T. France, (1938–2012), New Testament scholar and Anglican cleric
• Ryan France (born 1980), English footballer
• Shirley May France (1932–2012), American swimmer
• Ty France (born 1994), American baseball infielder

• France family, U.S. motorsports family in NASCAR

Related surnames

• Lafrance (name)

References