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• A user from Jamaica says the name Franklin is of English origin and means "Substantial householder".

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun Frank"lin

An English freeholder, or substantial householder.

Etymology: OE. frankelein; cf. LL. franchilanus. See Frank (a.)

Other Dictionary Sources

1. A landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
2. Printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)
   Synonyms: benjamin franklin
3. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
   Synonyms: john hope franklin

Wiktionary

From Middle English frankelein (“freeholder”). The place names are mostly named for Benjamin Franklin.

1. A surname​.
2. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
4. A town in Alabama
5. A town in Arkansas
6. A town in Connecticut
7. A village in Georgia, USA
8. A city in Idaho
9. A village in Illinois
10. A city in Indiana
11. A city in Iowa
12. A city in Kentucky
13. A city in Louisiana
14. A town in Maine
15. A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
16. A town in Massachusetts
17. A village in Michigan
18. A city in Minnesota
19. A city in Missouri
20. A city in Nebraska
21. A city in New Hampshire
22. A borough in New Jersey
23. One of two towns in New York
24. A town in North Carolina
25. A city in Ohio
26. A city in Pennsylvania
27. A municipality in Quebec
28. A township and a river in Tasmania
29. A city in Tennessee
30. A town in Vermont
31. A city in Virginia
32. A town in West Virginia
33. A city and a few towns in Wisconsin
34. (US, informal) A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

Franklin was also found in the following language(s): Middle English

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  #35	Last Name First Names

  #30	Boy Names Unique to the South

  #28	Boy Names Unique to the Southeast

• How Popular is the name Franklin? Franklin is the 520^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Franklin was the 251^st most popular name in 2010.
• How many people with the first name Franklin have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 136,126 babies born with the first name Franklin in the United States. That's more than enough people named Franklin to occupy the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with an estimated population of 109,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Franklin? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 120 new born babies.
• When was Franklin first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Franklin is Sunday, June 24th, 1866.
• What year had the most people named Franklin born? The highest recorded use of the first name Franklin was in 1933 with a total of 5,362 babies. That's a lot of babies named Franklin!
• Random Franklin Factoid: According to the 1939 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Franklin ranks 60^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Maryland. Imagine that, 39 babies in Maryland have the same name as you in 1939.
• Weird things about the name Franklin: Your name in reverse order is Nilknarf. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Inflrakn. How do you pronounce that?
• How many people have the last name Franklin? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 120,621 people with the last name Franklin.
• How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Franklin? Franklin was ranked as the 251^st most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!

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