How to write “Francis or Frances” in Korean
프랜시스 peu-raen-si-seu
What Korean friends call you
- 프랜시스야 peu-raen-si-seu-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 프랜시스 씨 peu-raen-si-seu-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Francis
- 프랜시스 110 (92%)
- 프란시스 9 (8%)
Korean labels of 119 people named Francis on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Francis or Frances, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Francis Bacon — 프랜시스 베이컨
- Francis Drake — 프랜시스 드레이크
- Francis Ford Coppola — 프랜시스 포드 코폴라
- Francis Crick — 프랜시스 크릭
67,440 babies were named Francis in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 658th most common name.
Block by block
- 프 = ㅍ + ㅡ · 5 strokes
Also in 프: Jeffrey 제프리 · Preston 프레스턴 · April 에이프릴
- 랜 = ㄹ + ㅐ + ㄴ · 7 strokes
Also in 랜: Brandon 브랜든 · Landon 랜던 · Grant 그랜트
- 시 = ㅅ + ㅣ · 3 strokes
Also in 시: Alexis 알렉시스 · Jessica 제시카 · Sydney 시드니
- 스 = ㅅ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
Also in 스: Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Nicholas 니콜라스 · James 제임스
프랜시스 takes 18 strokes in all.
More names: Mckenzie 매켄지 · Dorothy 도로시 · Carly 칼리 · Israel 이스라엘 · Beau 보
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