Female first name (Italian): Franca, the tribe of the Franks, Old High (Word format); French = Franke, frank = free (German dialect), information on male form of Frank, the tribal name is derived possibly from 'frank', a old Germanic word for 'free' as in 'frank and free ", but maybe the Franks were named for their characteristic weapon, the' Francisca '(Latin' securis francisca ', a kind Wurfbeil)
