Francine n'est pas dans la Bible — ce nom signifie libre

Francine is not in the Bible. It means, at the end of a long chain, “free.” What the name means Francine is the French diminutive of Françoise, the feminine of François — “Frenchman.” That in turn comes from the Franks, the Germanic people who gave their name to France. And the Franks gave their name to more than a country. The English words frank and franchise come from the same root, because under Frankish rule the Franks were the free…