Franklin (given name)

Franklin

Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	English
Meaning	Free Landowner
Other names
Related names	Frank, Frankie, Francis, Francesca, Francine, Frans, Franz

Franklin is a masculine English given name. It is of English coming from the medieval English Frankeleyn, coming from the Anglo-Norman fraunclein. Its meaning is landowner of free but not noble origin.

People with the given name

• Franklin Bache (1792–1864), American physician, chemist, professor and writer
• Franklin Archibald Dick (1823–1885), American lawyer
• Franklin Chang-Díaz (born 1950), mechanical engineer and physicist, former NASA astronaut
• Franklin Hughes Delano (1813–1893), American merchant, diplomat and society man.
• Franklin Drilon (born 1945), Filipino politician
• Franklin Engelmann (1908–1972), British radio personality
• Franklin Florence (1934–2023), American civil rights activist
• Franklin Delano Floyd (1943–2023), American murderer
• Franklin Graham (born 1952), son of Billy Graham
• Franklin J. Knoll (born 1940), American politician, lawyer, and judge
• Franklin Molina (born 1984), Venezuelan cyclist
• Franklin P. Peterson (1930–2000), American mathematician specializing in algebraic topology
• Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), 14th President of the United States of America
• Franklin Pierce Jr. (1836–1836), infant son of Franklin Pierce
• Franklin "Frank" Robert Pierce (1839–1843), son of Franklin Pierce
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd President of the United States of America
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (1914–1988), American lawyer, businessman, and politician
• Franklin D. Roosevelt III (born 1938), American educator
• Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas (1912–2004), American animator and pianist
• Franklin Delano Williams (1947–1993), American singer

Fictional characters

• Franklin (Peanuts), a character in the Peanuts comic strip
• Franklin Bordeau, a member of the phantom troupe from the manga Hunter x Hunter
• Franklin Clarke, fictional murderer in Agatha Christie's The A.B.C. Murders
• Franklin Clinton, a playable character in the video game Grand Theft Auto V
• Franklin Nelson, known as Foggy Nelson, a character from the Daredevil comic
• Franklin Rock, a character from the DC comics, also known as Sgt. Rock
• Franklin the Turtle, the protagonist of the eponymous series of Canadian children's books and two television adaptations
• Freewheelin' Franklin Freek, one of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
• Franklin Delano Bluth, a puppet on Arrested Development, who is voiced by G.O.B., and whose portrayal featuring stereotypical Black traits is deeply racist.
• Franklin Bean, a main antagonist of Fantastic Mr. Fox

Related names

• Frank (given name), a short name for Franklin
• Franklin (surname)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Franklin