France (name)

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".

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)