Franz A Comprehensive Overview

Origin and History of the name Franz

This name derives from the Medieval Latin “Francus / Franciscus”, meaning “Franco, belonging to the people of the Franks”.

In turn, the name derives from the Germanic “*frankô / *franka”, meaning “javelin, spear”.

Ultimately the name is a derivative of the Proto-Germanic “*sahsą”, meaning “knife, dagger”.

The Franks, in the Middle Ages, were the only ones who enjoyed the rights of free citizens; the term “frank” means “free man, sincere or true”.

The term can be associated with the baptismal name since the ninth century.Originally it refers to a Germanic people who derived their tribal name from a type of ax they used in the past.

The Francisca (or Francesca) is a throwing ax used as a weapon during the early Middle Ages by the Franks, among whom it was a typical national weapon at the time of the Merovingians from 500 to 750 known to have been used during the reign of Charlemagne (768-814).

Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher.He founded the men’s Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St.

Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis, for men and women not able to live the lives of itinerant preachers, followed by the early members of the Order of Friars Minor or the monastic lives of the Poor Clares.

Famous people named Franz

• Franz Abt (1819–1885), German Composer
• Franz Ackermann (born 1963), German Painter And Installation Artist
• Franz Adam (1815–1886), German Painter Of Military Subjects
• Franz Alt (1910–2011), Austrian-born American Mathematician And Computer Scientist
• Franz Bauer (1748–1840, Austrian Microscopist And Botanist
• Franz Beckenbauer, German Football Player And Manager
• Franz Behr (1837–1898), German Composer
• Franz Benda (1709–1786), Czech Violinist And Composer
• Franz Beyer (general) (1892–1968), German General In World War Ii
• Franz Beyer (musicologist) (born 1922), German Musicologist
• Franz Beyer (pilot) (1918–1944), German Fighter Pilot
• Franz Binder (1911–1989), Austrian Football Player And Coach
• Franz Boas (1858–1942), German-american Anthropologist
• Franz Boos (1753–1832), Austrian Botanist And Explorer
• Franz Bopp (1791–1867), German Linguist
• Franz Brunner (1913–1991), Austrian Handball Player
• Franz Büchner (1895–1991), German Pathologist
• Franz Burda I (1903–1986), German Publisher
• Franz Bürkl, Gestapo Officer
• Franz Calustro, Bolivian Football Player
• Franz Defregger (1835–1921), Austrian Painter
• Franz Erdmann Mehring (1846–1919), German Publicist, Politician And Historian
• Franz Fuchs (1949–2000), Austrian Terrorist
• Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), Austrian Writer And Poet
• Franz Halberg (born 1919), One Of The Founders Of Chronobiology
• Franz Hein (1892–1976), German Chemist
• Franz Heinrich Schwechten (1841–1924), German Architect
• Franz Hofmeister (1850–1922), German Protein Scientist
• Franz Hössler (1906–1945), Nazi Officer
• Franz Jägerstätter (1907–1943), Austrian Conscientious Objector During World War Ii
• Franz Josef Degenhardt (1931–2011), German Poet, Novelist And Singer-songwriter
• Franz Josef Jung (born 1949), German Politician
• Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (1660–1718), German Artist
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Austrian Classical Composer
• Franz Joseph Spiegler (1691–1757), German Baroque Painter
• Franz Kafka (1883–1924), Bohemian Novelist
• Franz Klammer (born 1953), Champion Austrian Alpine Ski Racer
• Franz Kleffner (1907–1945), Ss Officer In World War Ii
• Franz Kline (1910–1962), American Abstract Painter
• Franz König (1905–2004), Austrian Cardinal Of The Catholic Church
• Franz Lachner (1803–1890), German Composer And Conductor
• Franz Langoth (1877–1953), Austrian Nationalist Politician
• Franz Lehár (1870–1948), Austrian Composer
• Franz Lidz (born 1951), American Writer And Journalist
• Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian Composer And Piano Virtuoso
• Franz Machon (born 1918), German Sailor In World War Ii
• Franz Marc (1880–1916), German Expressionist Painter
• Franz Müntefering (born 1940), German Politician And Industrialist
• Franz Nachbaur (1835–1902), German Opera Tenor
• Franz Rademacher (1906–1973), Nazi Diplomat And Author Of The Madagascar Plan
• Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929), German-jewish Theologian And Philosopher
• Franz Schädle (1906–1945), Commander Of Adolf Hitler's Personal Bodyguard
• Franz Schafheitlin (1895–1980), German Film Actor
• Franz Schalk (1863–1931), Austrian Conductor And Founder Of The Salzburg Music Festival
• Franz Schall (1918–1945), German World War Ii Fighter Ace
• Franz Schieß (1921–1943), German World War Ii Fighter Ace
• Franz Scholz (1909–1998), German Priest And Theologian
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Austrian Composer
• Franz Schwede (1888–1960), Nazi Gaulieter Of Pomerania
• Franz Taurinus (1794–1874), German Mathematician
• Franz Thonner (1863–1928), Austrian Taxonomist And Botanist
• Franz Unger (1800–1870), Austrian Botanist, Paleontologist And Plant Physiologist
• Franz Von Papen (1879–1969), Chancellor Of Germany In The Weimar Republic
• Franz Von Paula Schrank (1747–1835), German Botanist And Entomologist
• Franz Von Suppé (1819–1895), Austrian Composer
• Franz Werfel, (1890–1945), Austrian-bohemian Novelist, Playwright And Poet
• Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (1894–1933), German Painter And Sculptor
• Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer The Elder (1698–1763), German Artist And Plasterer
• Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer The Younger (1735–1803), German Artist And Plasterer