# Frantisek (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/frantisek/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 49, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 13,098 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Frantisek

- František Palacký, Czech philosopher, historian, publicist and writer (1798-1876)
- František Kupka, Czech painter and graphic artist (1871–1957)
- František Plánička, Czech association football player (1904-1996)
- František Rajtoral, Czech footballer (1986–2017)
- František Čelakovský, Czech poet, lexicographer, linguist, literature historian, publicist, professor, publicist
- František Veselý, Czech footballer (1943-2009)
- František Tomášek, Czech cardinal, professor and theologist (1899-1992)
- František Čáp, Czech film director (1913–1972)
- František Langer, Czechoslovak playwright, general, doctor and writer (1888–1965)
- František Halas, Czech politician, poet and writer (1901-1949)
- František Mysliveček, Czech association football player
- František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower (1878–1955)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.