Happy Birthday Frank Personalized Card
– Happy birthday to you Frank! I wish you a very special day, sending this Happy Birthday Frank personalized card to you. Dear Frank, I wish you a bright and beautiful day on your special day. This named card was specially designed for Frank’s birthday. Frank is also a good name to be given to newborn babies.
Frank Given Name Meaning & History
GENDER: Masculine, USAGE: English, German, Dutch, French, PRONOUNCED: FRANGK (English, German), FRAHNK (Dutch), FRAHNK (French). Origin English: Free man; a nickname for Francis or Franklin but not uncommon as an independent name. From a Germanic name which referred to a member of the Germanic tribe, the Franks. The Franks settled in the regions now called France and the Netherlands in the 3rd and 4th centuries. They derived their tribal name from the name of a type of spear that they used. From medieval times, the various forms of this name have been commonly conflated with the various forms of Francis. The name was brought to England by the Normans. Notable bearers include author L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), and singer Frank Sinatra (1915-1998). This given 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 “franka”, meaning “javelin, spear”. Ultimately the name is a derivative of the Proto-Germanic “*sahsą”, meaning “knife, dagger”.
Franks, in medieval times, were people who enjoy the rights of free citizens, the term “frank” taking the meaning of “free man, sincere or truthful”. The term was then associated with the proper name since the ninth century. Originally it refers to a Germanic people, who derived their tribal name from the type of ax they used. 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 characteristic national weapon at the time of the Merovingians from about 500 to 750 and is 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 Franks: Frank Sinatra – singer, Frank Baker – baseball player, Frank Calder – hockey player, Frank Gifford – football player.
