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Francesca is an Italian female
given name , derived from the
Latin male name
Franciscus meaning 'the Frenchman'
[3] It is widely used in most
Romance languages , including
Italian ,
French and
Catalan , and place of origin is
Italy . It is derived from the same source as the female name
Frances , and the male names
Francesc ,
Francesco and
Francis .
People named Francesca
Daniel Francesca , Danish esports player
Francesca Alderisi , Italian television presenter and politician
Francesca Allinson , English author and musician
Francesca Annis , British actress
Julia Francesca Barretto , Filipino actress
Francesca Battistelli , American Christian musician
Francesca Beard , Malaysian
performance poet
Francesca Caccini , Italian composer and singer of the early
Baroque
Francesca Anna Canfield , American poet and translator
Francesca Capaldi , American child actress
Frankie Corio , Scottish child actress
Francesca Cumani , English racing presenter for
ITV
Francesca Cuzzoni , Italian operatic soprano
Francesca da Rimini , 13th-century Italian adulterer
Francesca Dani , Italian cosplay model
Francesca Gagnon , Canadian singer and performer for
Cirque du Soleil
Francesca Galli , Italian road racing cyclist
Francesca Hayward , English ballerina
Francesca Henry , English actress
Francesca Iossi (born 1977), Italian bobsledder
Francesca Le , American pornographic actress
Francesca Lia Block , American author of the
Weetzie Bat series
Francesca Lubiani , Italian tennis player
Francesca Martiradonna , Italian basketball player
Francesca Martinez , British comedian
Francesca Petitjean , French former bodybuilder and pornographic actress
Francesca Piccinini , Italian volleyball player
Francesca Salvalajo , Italian backstroke swimmer
Francesa Sarah of Safed , 16th-century Jewish mystic
Francesca Schiavone , Italian tennis player
Francesca Semoso , Papuan politician and broadcaster from
Bougainville
Francesca Simon , American author of the
Horrid Henry series
Francesca Stavrakopoulou , British theologian and broadcaster
Francesca Velicu , Romanian ballet dancer
Francesca Woodman , American photographer
Piero della Francesca , Italian painter
Francheska Yarbusova , Russian artist and wife of director Yuriy
Fictional characters
Francesca, a character from the Rankin/Bass classic
Mad Monster Party
Francesca ("Frankie"), the eponymous main character from
Melina Marchetta 's Saving Francesca
Francesca Lucchini, a character from the anime/manga series
Strike Witches
Francesca, a character from the series by Lauren Kate:
Fallen
Francesca or Franky, a character from
Freaky Green Eyes
Francesca da Rimini or da Polenta, a character from
Dante's Inferno
Francesca Russo , a character from
The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex
Francesca Caviglia, a character from
Violetta
Francesca Hollingsworth (Frankie), a character from the Degrassi franchise
Francesca Danelli, a character from
Bride of Re-Animator movie (1989)
Francesca "Cesca" Montoya, a character from
Waterloo Road
Francesca Moretti, a character from
Argentina, tierra de amor y venganza
Francesca Johnson, a character from
The Bridges of Madison County
Francesca Hathaway, a character from
The Haunted Hathaways
Translations
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References