France (name)

France is both a given name and a French, Czech or Slovene surname.

In France, it may derive from an ethnic name for an inhabitant of the country; a variant is Lafrance.

In the Czech Republic, the surname may relate to the word Franc.

In Slovenia, France may derive from the personal name "France", a vernacular form of "Frančišek", Latin Franciscus ("Francis").

It may also be an Americanized spelling of the German given or surname "Franz".