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Type Surname (from location)
Pronounced Pron. FRANGK(German) FRAHNGK(Dutch)

Meaning & History

Name for a person from Franconia in Germany, so called because it was settled by the Frankish people. A notable bearer was the German-Jewish diarist Anne Frank (1929-1945), a victim of the Holocaust.