Fran (given name)

Fran is a Spanish, Italian, Croatian, Slovene and Albanian unisex name (respectively Francisca/Francisco, Francesca/Francesco and Fran(j)o), and a common short form (hypocorism) of the English names Frances and Francis. The Spanish and Italian Fran is more common for men, while the English name is mostly used for women. The Croatian, Slovenian and Albanian Fran is used only for men.

Fran is the name of:

People

Women

• Fran Adams, actress with Second City
• Frances Fran Allison (1907-1989), American television and radio comedian, personality and singer, star of the television show Kukla, Fran and Ollie
• Frances Fran Brill (born 1946), American retired Muppets puppeteer and actress
• Fran Capo, American motivational speaker and author
• Francine Fran Drescher (born 1957), American actress
• Francis Fran Jeffries (1937-2016), American actress, singer and model
• Frances Fran Lebowitz (born 1950), American author and public speaker
• Fran Unsworth (born 1957), BBC News executive
• Fran Warren, stage name of American singer Frances Wolfe (1926–2013)
• Frances Fran Wilde (born 1948), New Zealand politician

Men

• Fran Cosgrave (born 1977), Irish nightclub owner and minor celebrity
• Francisco Fran Escribá (born 1965), Spanish football manager
• Fran Krsto Frankopan (1643–1671) Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician
• Fran Fraschilla (born 1958), American basketball commentator and former college basketball coach
• Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871–1962), Slovene folk writer
• Francisco Javier González Pérez (born 1969), footballer better known as Fran (Spanish footballer)
• Francis Fran Healy (baseball) (born 1946), American Major League Baseball broadcaster and former player
• Francis Fran Healy (musician) (born 1973), Scottish lead singer and main songwriter of the rock band Travis
• Fran Kurniawan (born 1985), Indonesian badminton player
• Fran Levstik (1831–1887), Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic
• Fran Millar (born 1949), American politician
• Fran Milčinski (1867–1932), pen name Fridolin Žolna, Slovene lawyer, writer and playwright
• Francis Fran O'Brien (American football) (1936–1999), American National Football League player
• Fran O'Brien (footballer) (born 1955), Irish footballer in Ireland and the North American Soccer League
• Francisco Fran Perea (born 1978), Spanish singer and actor
• Fran Roš (1898–1976), Slovene writer, poet and playwright
• Fran Smith Jr. (fl. 1978-present), American bass guitarist with the rock band The Hooters
• Francis Fran Tarkenton (born 1940), American retired National Football League Hall-of-Fame quarterback
• Francisco Fran Vázquez (born 1983), Spanish basketball player
• Francisco Fran Vélez (born 1991), Spanish footballer

Fictional characters

• Fran Kubelik, the female main character of the film The Apartment, portrayed by Shirley MacLaine
• Fran, from the video game Final Fantasy XII
• Fran, a red squirrel from the Playhouse Disney Channel show Higglytown Heroes
• The main character of the video game Fran Bow
• Fran, the protagonist of a manga series, "Franken Fran"