Spanish and Italian: from a personal name, in origin an ethnic
name for a Frank, a member of the Germanic people who inhabited the
lands around the river Rhine in Roman times. See also Frank.
The personal name was popularized by the cult of San Franco di
Assergi.Italian and Spanish: nickname or status name from
franco ‘free’ (usually denoting a freed slave).Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish surname.
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