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This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword frank.
usage
meaning
Frank 1 English
Derived from the given name Frank.
Frankenstein German, Literature
From any of the various minor places by this name in Germany, meaning "stone of the Franks" in German. It was used by the author Mary Shelley in her novel Frankenstein (1818) for the character of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a monster and brings it to life. The monster, nameless in the novel, is sometimes informally or erroneously called Frankenstein in modern speech.
French English
Originally denoted a French person, from Middle English Frensch, Old English Frencisc.