Fran is a Spanish, Italian, Croatian, Slovene and Albanian male name and a common short form 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

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Women

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  • Fran Adams, American actress
  • Frances Fran Allison (1907–1989), American television and radio comedian, personality and singer, star of the television show Kukla, Fran and Ollie
  • Fran Baum, Australian social scientist
  • Fran Blanche, American engineer and guitar pedal builder
  • 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
  • Fran Gebhard, Canadian theatre director and actor
  • Francis Fran Jeffries (1937–2016), American actress, singer and model
  • Fran Jonas (born 2004), New Zealand cricketer
  • Fran Kirby (born 1993), English association footballer
  • Frances Fran Lebowitz (born 1950), American author and public speaker
  • Fran Ross (1935–1985), American comedy writer and novelist
  • Fran Ryan (1916–2000), American actress
  • Fran Scott, British television presenter
  • Fran Stallings (born 1943), American storyteller
  • 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

Fictional characters

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  • Fran Kubelik, the female main character of the film The Apartment, portrayed by Shirley MacLaine
  • Fran Lockwood, the posthumous overarching protagonist in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. She was the wife of Tim Lockwood and the mother of Flint Lockwood.
  • Fran Sinclair, mother of the Sinclair family on the sitcom Dinosaurs
  • 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 the manga series Franken Fran
  • Fran Fine , the protagonist of the TV series The Nanny

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