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Francis vs Fred - What's the difference?

francis | fred |

As proper nouns the difference between francis and fred

is that francis is a given name derived from Latin while Fred is a short version of Frederick, Alfred, or Wilfred, also used as a formal male given name.

francis

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act V, Scene III:
    • Saint Francis be my speed! how oft tonight / Have my old feet stumbled at graves!
  • * 1820 , Names , The Indicator, No. XVIII, February 9th, 1820:
    • Francis is one of the pleasantest names in use. It has a fine open air with it, - a sound correspondent to its sense.
  • * 2006 (Kate Atkinson), One Good Turn , Black Swan(2007), ISBN 9780552772440, page 454:
  • *:Francis had never been 'Frank' or 'Fran', he had always been called by his full name. It had lent him a certain dignity that he had possibly never earned.
  • , a rare spelling variant of Frances.
  • A ghost town in Nebraska.
  • A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • A town in Utah.

    • Related terms

    * Frances * Frank * Frauncis

    fred

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A short version of Frederick, Alfred, or Wilfred, also used as a formal male given name.
  • (military, slang) Nickname for the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, widely used by USAF aircrews.

    • Quotations

    * 1892 Robert Grant: The Reflections of a Married Man . Scribner,1892. pages 98-99: *: When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of Fred . - - - Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august Frederick! I vowed that this should not be brought to pass - - - * 2002 Fred Hill: You May as Well Laugh: The Columns of Fred Hill . iUniverse ISBN 0595256848 page 59: *: I had great parents, but they made one major mistake. They named me Fred'. I'm sorry in case other '''Freds''' read this, but ' Fred is a rather weak name. It just sort of fades away on the tongue. It's not positive like Matt or Jim or Mike or Luke. English diminutives of male given names ----