Francine


 * This is a disambiguation page for the common name Francine.

Francine is a female given name. The name is of French origin. The name Francine was most popular in France itself during the 1940s (Besnard & Desplanques 2003), and was well used in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s (Evans 2006). Short forms are Frannie, Frans and Fran.

Translations

 * English: Frankie
 * French: Françoise
 * German: Franziska
 * Italian: Francesca
 * Dutch : Francien
 * Norwegian: Frances
 * Polish: Franciszka
 * Catalan: Francina
 * Portuguese: Francesa, Francisca
 * Spanish: Francisca
 * Zulu: Rancina
 * Slovak: Frantiska
 * Afrikaans: Francine (same thing)

Persons

 * Francine Bergé (born 1938), French film and stage actress
 * Francine Descartes (1635–1640), René Descartes' daughter
 * Francine Diaz (born 2004), Filipina teen actress and model
 * Francine Fournier (born 1972), professional wrestler
 * Francine Gaudet (born 1948), Canadian politician
 * Francine Jordi (born 1977), Swiss pop singer
 * Francine Lalonde (1940–2014), Canadian Quebec provincial politician
 * Francine McKenna, American journalist, blogger, and columnist
 * Francine G. McNairy, American academic administrator
 * Francine Misasi (1944–2001), Clerk of the New York State Assembly 1985–2000
 * Francine Mussey (1897–1933), French actress
 * Francine Pascal (born 1938), American author
 * Francine Pelletier (writer) (born 1959), Canadian science fiction author
 * Francine Pelletier (journalist) (born c. 1955), Canadian television and print journalist
 * Francine Prieto (born 1982), Filipino-Norwegian beauty queen, fashion model, product endorser, singer, actress and child star
 * Francine Prose (born 1947), American writer
 * Francine Reed (born 1947), American blues singer
 * Francine Rivers (born 1947), American author of fiction with Christian themes
 * Francine Stock (born 1958), British radio and TV presenter and novelist
 * Francine Villeneuve (born 1964), Canadian thoroughbred jockey and racing pioneer
 * Francine Weisweiller née Worms (1916–2003), French socialite and patron of Yves Saint Laurent and Jean Cocteau
 * Francine York (1936–2017), American movie and television actress

Fictional characters

 * Francine Briggs, a mean English teacher in the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly portrayed by Mindy Sterling
 * Francine Frensky, fictional character on the children's book and animated television series Arthur voiced by Jodie Resther
 * Francine Smith, fictional character on the animated television series American Dad! voiced by Wendy Schaal
 * Francine "Frankie" Osborne, character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks, portrayed by Helen Pearson
 * Francine "Frankie" Osborne, character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks, portrayed by Isabelle Smith
 * Francine, an Animal Crossing snooty villager
 * Francine Nebulon, a character on the TV series Lloyd in Space voiced by Nicolette Little
 * Francine "Franny" Fantootsie, titular character from the children's animated television series Franny's Feet voiced by Phoebe McAuley
 * Francine Carruthers, a major antagonist from the TV series The Electric Company portrayed by Ashley Austin Morris
 * Francine, a female sloth from Ice Age: Collision Course voiced by Melissa Rauch
 * Francine Frye, a supervillain appearing from Marvel Comics, also known as "Electro" in Spidey and His Amazing Friends

Other

 * Francine (band), indie rock band from Boston
 * "Francine" (song), a 1971 song by American rock band ZZ Top from their album Rio Grande Mud