Female first name (French, English): Francine, the little French, Italian (became independent short form); francesco = the little Frenchman, information on the male form Franz; arisen as a nickname 'Francesco' ('little Frenchman', 'Französlein') of Bernardone Giovanni, known as Saint. Francis of Assisi, the German form of 'Francis' is a Romanization of the Italian nickname, the common first name 'Francis' turn a short form of it
