Franklin

Gender:boy

Meaning:Liberated

Origin:English

Pronunciation:FRAN klen

Variations:-Coming Soon-

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The name Franklin comes from an Old English word meaning ‘liberated’. In medieval England a franklin was a man who owned his own portion of land but was not a man of gentility. Franklin owes its use as a first name to American Benjamin Franklin, as people named their children in honour of him.

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