# Francine

    This is a disambiguation page for the common name Francine.
Francine is a female given name. The name is of French origin. The name Francine was most popular in France itself during the 1940s (Besnard & Desplanques 2003), and was well used in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s (Evans 2006). Short forms are Frannie, Frans and Fran.

## Translations

* English: Frankie
* French: Françoise
* German: Franziska
* Italian: Francesca
* Dutch : Francien
* Norwegian: Frances
* Polish: Franciszka
* Catalan: Francina
* Portuguese: Francesa, Francisca
* Spanish: Francisca
* Zulu: Rancina
* Slovak: Frantiska
* Afrikaans: Francine

## Persons

* Francine Bergé (born 1938), French film and stage actress
* Francine Descartes (1635–1640), René Descartes' daughter
* Francine Diaz (born 2004), Filipina teen actress and model
* Francine Fournier (born 1972), professional wrestler
* Francine Gaudet (born 1948), Canadian politician
* Francine Jordi (born 1977), Swiss pop singer
* Francine Justa (1942–2016), American activist and affordable housing advocate in New York City.
* Francine Lalonde (1940–2014), Canadian Quebec provincial politician
* Francine McKenna, American journalist, blogger, and columnist
* Francine G. McNairy, American academic administrator
* Francine Misasi (1944–2001), Clerk of the New York State Assembly 1985–2000
* Francine Mussey (1897–1933), French actress
* Francine Pascal (born 1938), American author
* Francine Pelletier (writer) (born 1959), Canadian science fiction author
* Francine Pelletier (journalist) (born c. 1955), Canadian television and print journalist
* Francine Prieto (born 1982), Filipino-Norwegian beauty queen, fashion model, product endorser, singer, actress and child star
* Francine Prose (born 1947), American writer
* Francine Reed (born 1947), American blues singer
* Francine Rivers (born 1947), American author of fiction with Christian themes
* Francine Stock (born 1958), British radio and TV presenter and novelist
* Francine Villeneuve (born 1964), Canadian thoroughbred jockey and racing pioneer
* Francine Weisweiller née Worms (1916–2003), French socialite and patron of Yves Saint Laurent and Jean Cocteau
* Francine York (1936–2017), American movie and television actress

## Fictional characters

* Francine Briggs, a mean English teacher in the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly portrayed by Mindy Sterling
* Francine Frensky, fictional character on the children's book and animated television series Arthur voiced by Jodie Resther
* Francine Smith, fictional character on the animated television series American Dad! voiced by Wendy Schaal
* Francine "Frankie" Osborne, character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks, portrayed by Helen Pearson
* Francine "Frankie" Osborne, character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks, portrayed by Isabelle Smith
* Francine, an Animal Crossing snooty villager
* Francine Nebulon, a character on the TV series Lloyd in Space voiced by Nicolette Little
* Francine "Franny" Fantootsie, titular character from the children's animated television series Franny's Feet voiced by Phoebe McAuley
* Francine Carruthers, a major antagonist from the TV series The Electric Company portrayed by Ashley Austin Morris
* Francine, a female sloth from Ice Age: Collision Course voiced by Melissa Rauch
* Francine Frye, a supervillain appearing from Marvel Comics, also known as "Electro" in Spidey and His Amazing Friends
* Francine „Fran“ Joy Fine, main character from the TV series The Nanny

## Other

* Francine (band), indie rock band from Boston
* "Francine" (song), a 1971 song by American rock band ZZ Top from their album Rio Grande Mud
* Hurricane Francine, a 2024 hurricane that struck southeast Louisiana as a category 2 with winds of 100 mph.