Two weeks ago we had here in First Names First the male name Francis, so today’s female name is - you guessed right! - Frances! It can be a [male](http://1998-0120 Frances Tiafoe* tennis player – Hyattsville, MD USA) name too, but here we only consider the female ones. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them!
Frances Jones* colonist/mother of the first First Lady of the United States, Martha Washington – New Kent County, Virginia, British America (1710)
Frances Brooke* (b Moore) novelist/playwright/ translator – Claypole, Lincolnshire, England (1724)
Frances Stackhouse Acton* (b Knight) botanist/ archaeologist/ artist – Elton Hall, Herefordshire, England (1794)
Frances Hodgson Burnett* British-American novelist/ playwright/to U.S. at age 15 – Manchester, England (1849)
Frances Xavier Cabrini* Italian-American Roman Catholic canonized nun – Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire (1850)
Frances Gertrude McGill* forensic pathologist/criminologist/ allergologist/ – Minnedosa, MB Canada (1882)
Frances Schroth* swimmer/OB – Toledo, OH USA (1893)
Frances Adaskin* (b Marr) pianist – Ridgetown, ON Canada (1900)
Frances Reid* actress – Wichita Falls, TX USA (1914)
Frances Campbell-Preston* (b Grenfell) courtier/author/lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother – England (1918)
Frances Ames* neurologist/ psychiatrist/human rights activist – Pretoria, South Africa (1920)
Frances Scott Fitzgerald* writer/journalist/ daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald – Saint Paul, MN USA (1921)
Frances E. Allen* computer scientist – Peru, NY USA (1932)
Frances Fisher* British-American actress/partner of Clint Eastwood – Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England (1952)
Frances Arnold* engineer/biochemist/N – Edgewood, PA USA (1956)
Frances McDormand* actress – Chicago, IL USA (1957)
Frances O’Connor* British-Australian actress/director/to Australia at age 2 – Wantage, Berkshire, England (1967)
Frances Bean Cobain* visual artist/model/daughter of Kurt Cobain – Los Angeles, CA USA (1992)
Updated 24.4.2023