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Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name Franciscus meaning 'the Frenchman'<ref name="Chesterton">Template:Cite journal</ref> It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and place of origin is Italy.<ref name="Kolatch1990" /> It is derived from the same source as the female name Frances,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Kolatch1990">Template:Cite book</ref> and the male names Francesc, Francesco and Francis.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
People named Francesca
- Daniel Francesca, Danish esports player
- Francesca Alderisi, Italian television presenter and politician
- Francesca Allen (born 2002), British adaptive rower
- Francesca Allinson, English author and musician
- Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, British actress
- Francesca Annis, British actress
- Julia Francesca Barretto, Filipino actress
- Francesca Battistelli, American Christian musician
- Francesca Beard, Malaysian performance poet
- Francesca Belibi (born 2001), American former basketball player
- 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 Curmi (born 2002), Maltese tennis player
- Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano
- Francesca Dani, Italian cosplay model
- Francesca Duranti (1935–2025), Italian writer
- Francesca Gagnon, Canadian singer and performer for Cirque du Soleil
- Francesca Galli, Italian road racing cyclist
- Francesca Gino, Italian-American behavioral scientist
- Francesca Hayward, English ballerina
- Francesca Henry, English actress
- Francesca Iossi (born 1977), Italian bobsledder
- Francesca Jones (tennis), British tennis player
- Francesca Lancellotti, Italian layperson declared venerable
- Francesca Le, American pornographic actress
- Francesca Lechi (1773–1806), Italian revolutionary and figure in Milanese society
- 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 da Rimini, 13th-century Italian noblewoman and adulterer
- Francesca Salvalajo, Italian backstroke swimmer
- Francesa Sarah of Safed, 16th-century Jewish mystic
- Francesca Scorsese, American actress and filmmaker
- 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 Torrent (1881–1958), Spanish writer
- Francesca Velicu, Romanian ballet dancer
- Francesca Woodman, American photographer
- Piero della Francesca, Italian painter
- Francheska Yarbusova, Russian artist
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
- 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
- Francesca 'Frankie' Dart, a character in the TV show Community
- Francesca Bridgerton, a character in Bridgerton
- Francesca Terwilliger, a character from The Simpsons
Translations
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- Template:Lang-zh (Fúlǎngxīsīkǎ), 弗朗西斯 (Fúlǎngxīsī) or 弗朗切斯卡 (Fúlǎngqièsīkǎ)
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- Template:Langx (Frangískī) or less originally Greek versions Φραντζέσκα (Frantzéska) and Φραντσέσκα (Frantséska)
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- Maltese: Frangiska (shortened Cikka)
See also
- List of articles starting with "Francesca"
- Hurricane Francesca (disambiguation)
- Francisca (given name)
- Anna Anderson (b. 1896 - d. 1984) a famous impostor whose real name was Franziska Schanzkowska who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1901 - d. 1918).